Tonopah Mollycoddlers - Nevada - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Unisex Tank Top
PRINTED IN & SHIPPED FROM USA
Stay cool in our 4.2oz unisex tank top. Made of unicorn soft 100% airlume ring-spun & combed cotton.
Tonopah was a high-desert silver-mining boomtown in 1907, the kind of place where a strike could make a man rich overnight and a saloon brawl could turn deadly just as fast. The Mollycoddlers (turn-of-the-century slang for someone considered overly soft or pampered, almost certainly chosen as a tongue-in-cheek jab at rival mining towns) took the field as a charter member of the four-team Nevada State League, alongside Carson City, Goldfield, and Reno. Under board director Thomas Kendall (the local mine owner and town founder) the club finished 3-6 in a heavily shortened campaign. The Nevada State League folded after that single 1907 season, and Tonopah never again hosted affiliated pro baseball.
Part of our Defunct Baseball collection, inspired by the vintage Minor League teams of yesteryear.
The Details:
Red and white two-color print on deep maroon, built around an illustration of a smiling, clean-cut player in a ballcap, his bat cocked and ready, framed inside a five-pointed-star badge with stars dotted along both sides. The full inscription reads "TONOPAH, NEVADA," "Mollycoddlers," "NEVADA STATE LEAGUE," and "1907," with the team name in a sweeping red script and the year in heavy serif type. The print carries a clean vintage finish.
Fit & Fabric:
- Style: Classic Unisex Tank with ribbed trim.
- Material: 100% Ring-Spun Cotton for a soft, comfortable wear.
- Fit: True to size with a relaxed fit.
- Origin: Printed and shipped from the USA.