Roswell Rockets - New Mexico - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Unisex Sweatshirt flushing and cream depict a skeleton

and cream depict a skeleton

White text reads "ESTD" and "1985" flanking a minimalist white line drawing of a charging bull in abstract curved strokes

Large red block letters "BAN ONE" dominate the center of the plate

and people put stickers on their cars about it

Small-town clubs like these gave communities an identity beyond the depot and the pine forests

Roswell Rockets - New Mexico - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Unisex Sweatshirt flushing and cream depict a skeletonRoswell's Rockets joined the Longhorn League in 1949, bringing minor league baseball to a small New Mexico desert town with an outsized reputation. Baseball gave the community something tangible to rally around. Some clubs play seasons, others become woven into a town's identity. Part of our Defunct Baseball collection, inspired by the vintage Minor League teams of yesteryear. The Details: White script text reads "Rockets" above a cartoon gray rocket