Oak Ridge Bombers T-Shirt (Premium Lightweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams Size:2XL the fruit company itself lasted

the fruit company itself lasted until at least 1950

with alumni like Eugene Williams

which also built their ballpark at a local amusement park

and the team did not return until after World War II

Oak Ridge Bombers T-Shirt (Premium Lightweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams Size:2XL the fruit company itself lastedThe Oak Ridge Bombers name was used by two teams in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The first was a Class D minor league team that briefly played in the Mountain States League in 1948 before relocating to Hazard, Kentucky. The second, more enduring team was a semi pro, all African American squad formed around 1944 that played into the mid 1960s. Many of its players worked at Oak Ridge National Laboratory during the week and traveled the Southeast playing games