Clay City Nine Hoodie - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams texas who famously threw a no-hitter

who famously threw a no-hitter in his Smokies debut before winning 31 games for the 1968 Detroit Tigers

based in Union City

it was hard to choose which one to feature

that played in the Class D Mountain State League during the 1941 and 1942 seasons

Johnny Podres would become the only Hazard player to reach the majors

Clay City Nine Hoodie - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams texas who famously threw a no-hitterThe Clay City Nine were early baseball teams from Clay City, KY in the first half of the 20th century. The original team was active sometime between 1900 and 1920 and played various teams around Kentucky. It's not clear if they belonged to a specific league. Later, in the late 1950s and early 60s there was another team from Clay City that played amateur or semi pro ball in the Central Kentucky Baseball League. The CKBL was much more localized as this