McAlester Rockets T-Shirt (Heavyweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Oklahoma all teams Kinston joined the Carolina League

Kinston joined the Carolina League for the first time in 1956

but left us with a great nickname

and the Coal Miners in 1913

The Western Association was one of the longer-running circuits in this era

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McAlester Rockets T-Shirt (Heavyweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Oklahoma all teams Kinston joined the Carolina LeagueThe McAlester Rockets, based in McAlester, Oklahoma, were the most successful franchise in Sooner State League history, winning five league championships in seven seasons as a New York Yankees affiliate, capturing the title in 1947 and then four consecutive years from 1950 through 1953. The Rockets played at Jeff Lee Stadium, drawing between 40,000 and 63,000 fans per season, strong attendance for a Class D market. The franchise's most enduring piece