Decatur Commies Hoodie - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Illinois topeka owls After 1955 the Blue-Grays name

After 1955 the Blue-Grays name disappeared

The Covington Blue Sox are a historic team from Covington

They competed against other Kentucky teams such as the Frankfort Lawmakers and Paris Bourbonites

including the Ashland Fruit Company team

which resulted in the 1960 Davenport Braves joining the newly organized Midwest League

Decatur Commies Hoodie - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Illinois topeka owls After 1955 the Blue-Grays nameThe Decatur Commodores, nicknamed the Commies, were a long running minor league baseball team from Decatur that played from 1900 1974, primarily in the Three I League, and won league titles in 1928, 1952, 1953, and 1957. In the 1920s, they shared Staley Field with the Decatur Staleys football team, which later became the Chicago Bears. Despite the unusual nickname, Commies referred to Commodore Stephen Decatur, the citys namesake, and notable alumni