Decatur Commies Hoodie - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Illinois topeka owls The logo used is a

The logo used is a likeness of the real logo patch the Cannibals wore on their uniforms

arriving after the city's earlier Western League and Western Association teams (the Jayhawks

they shared Staley Field with the Decatur Staleys football team

which resulted in the 1960 Davenport Braves joining the newly organized Midwest League

They competed against other Kentucky teams such as the Frankfort Lawmakers and Paris Bourbonites

Decatur Commies Hoodie - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Illinois topeka owls The logo used is aThe Decatur Commodores, nicknamed the Commies, were a long running minor league baseball team from Decatur that played from 1900 1974, primarily in the Three I League, and won league titles in 1928, 1952, 1953, and 1957. In the 1920s, they shared Staley Field with the Decatur Staleys football team, which later became the Chicago Bears. Despite the unusual nickname, Commies referred to Commodore Stephen Decatur, the citys namesake, and notable alumni