Harlingen Capitals T-Shirt (Heavyweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Texas port arthur tarpons then the Railroaders

then the Railroaders

before departing the league in the mid-1950s

Earlier Senators teams featured Joe Nuxhall

What happened next is the real story

within a year

Harlingen Capitals T-Shirt (Heavyweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Texas port arthur tarpons then the RailroadersThe Harlingen Capitals, based in Harlingen, Texas, were a winning franchise well before they arrived in the Big State League. The club entered professional baseball in the Rio Grande Valley League in 1950, going 86 62 and finishing first before falling in the league finals. Moving to the Gulf Coast League the following year, the Capitals went 86 68 in 1951 and 80 73 in 1952, winning the Gulf Coast League championship that second season under manager