Omaha Crickets T-Shirt (Premium Lightweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Nebraska Rock Island Islanders where they finished 53-94 in

where they finished 53-94 in their first season and 65-79 in their second

the Smokies remain a cherished memory for locals who long for the return of pro baseball

Pauls Valley went 41-99 in 1954

Aces pitcher Bob Riesener completed a 20-0 campaign before the league itself collapsed mid-season around him

Omaha Crickets T-Shirt (Premium Lightweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Nebraska Rock Island Islanders where they finished 53-94 inThe Omaha Crickets were two seasons in the life of one of the great franchises of the western minors, the charter Western League club of Omaha, Nebraska. Omaha's Western League club had already been the Omahogs, the Rangers, the Rourkes (named for longtime owner manager Billy "Pa" Rourke, who led them to championships in 1904, 1907, and 1917), and the Buffaloes before taking the Crickets name in 1928. Along the way the franchise employed future Hall