Oak Ridge Bombers Hoodie - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams paris red peppers Travis Jackson

Travis Jackson

Dad hats aren't just for dads

and the terms caught on with the opposing team

During the 1960s and 1970s the Nicholasville Nicks were a semi-pro baseball team from Nicholasville

or traders on the river

Oak Ridge Bombers Hoodie - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams paris red peppers Travis JacksonThe 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