Posts about Baseball and Softball

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From 1901 to 1939, Bloomington was home to the Bloomers of the Illinois-Indiana-Iowa League. Here’s Len Backer, Waterloo Red Hawks skip...

Back in the early 20th century baseball was not only the National Pastime but the National Obsession. At this time even tiny communitie...

This photo recalls the Bloomers, Bloomington’s professional minor league team that played in the Illinois-Indiana-Iowa League from 1901...

McLean County’s smaller communities, including the Village of Cooksville, once fielded competitive baseball clubs that welcomed all com...

Bloomington High School baseball team, 1947The district champions charge off the bench for a warm-up session prior to a Saturday, May 2...

The Museum recently received a Normal Sanitary Dairy baseball uniform worn during the late 1930s and early 1940s. The dairy not only sp...

Museum to Sell Replica Redbird Cap from 1969 Championship Season On June 6, 1969, Illinois State University's baseball team capt...

Seen here is the Junior American League baseball team sponsored by J. Stern Furniture Co,. sometime in the late 1940s. The group is st...