Sanford Spinners Crewneck Sweatshirt - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - North Carolina Size:XL • Adjustable strap with antique

• Adjustable strap with antique buckle

Named for Bourbon County and its ties to bourbon whiskey

by the Fieldcrest textile concern to house workers at its towel-producing mills

Louis Cardinals affiliate later in the decade before switching to the Philadelphia Phillies in 1940

playing in the Three-I League from 1917-1923

Sanford Spinners Crewneck Sweatshirt - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - North Carolina Size:XL • Adjustable strap with antiqueThe Sanford Spinners took their name from the textile mills that were the economic backbone of Sanford and Lee County, North Carolina, spinning thread and producing cloth through the heart of the Depression and the war years. They played just two seasons in the Bi State League, but the 1941 championship is the franchise's story: entering the playoffs in fourth place at 58 54, the Spinners beat the Martinsville Manufacturers in a seven game semifinal