Fieldale Towelers T-Shirt (Premium Lightweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Virginia mobile baysharks running as the Orioles

running as the Orioles

hosted the Fresno Raisin Eaters of the Pacific Coast League in 1906

When World War II arrived

Operating as an independent club

Wilson's pedigree as a baseball town runs deep: more than 100 players who passed through Fleming Stadium over the decades went on to play in the major leagues

Fieldale Towelers T-Shirt (Premium Lightweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Virginia mobile baysharks running as the OriolesThe Fieldale Towelers played three seasons in the Bi State League, from 1934 (as the Fieldale Virginians) through 1936. Fieldale was a company village carved out of Henry County, Virginia, by the Fieldcrest textile concern to house workers at its towel producing mills. The town existed because of one industry; the team's nickname made that explicit. Despite three losing seasons on the field, the 1936 Towelers produced one of the most remarkable