Newport Pearl Diggers - Arkansas - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Women's T-Shirt shenandoah small-town clubs like these were

small-town clubs like these were the whole show

Before radio brought the majors into every home

surrounded by red snowflakes and starbursts

Whether you’re throwing down in a glow-infused showdown

Newport Pearl Diggers - Arkansas - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Women's T-Shirt shenandoah small-town clubs like these wereNewport's Pearl Diggers played Class D ball in the Northeast Arkansas League during the 1909 season, a brief but proud chapter in small town baseball. Newport, Arkansas was mussel shell country along the White River, giving the club its distinctive name. Teams like this carried entire communities through long summers before the modern game left them behind. Part of our Defunct Baseball collection, inspired by the vintage Minor League teams of