Amsterdam Rugmakers - New York - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Unisex T-ShirtAmsterdam's Rugmakers took the field in 1938 as part of the Canadian American League, representing a small mill town in upstate New York with outsized pride. Minor league baseball was the soul of cities like Amsterdam, binding workers and families long before television changed everything. Some clubs lasted decades, but even the brief ones left their mark. Part of our Defunct Baseball collection, inspired by the vintage Minor League teams of