{"product_id":"nylon-coach-jacket-birdies_forest","title":"NYLON COACH JACKET \/ BIRDIES","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"\u003eAn authentic reproduction of an iconic Coach Jacket, a relaxed fit first seen on American Sports touchlines in the mid-century\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"\u003epopular\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"\u003e for its versatility and appeal across seasons and climates, though most accustomed to Spring.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"\u003eThis Coach Jacket \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"\u003eis branded\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"\u003e for the Coach of the Cleveland Birdies, the Little League Baseball Team named for Cleveland \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"\u003eIndians’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"\u003e legend\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"\u003e “\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"\u003eBirdie\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"\u003e” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"\u003eTebbett, who played for and managed Cleveland following his service with the USAAF and a long stint at \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"\u003eBUCO’s\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"\u003e home team, the Detroit Tigers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"\u003eDespite holding a deferment from the draft, Birdie voluntarily joined military service with the Army Air Corps in August 1942, following a parade of professional ballplayers into the armed forces - and was assigned to Waco Army Flying School when Waco Army Air Field welcomed its first basic training pilots.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"\u003eTebbetts lost three years of his baseball career to military service but was able to hone his skills as player-manager for the Waco Army Flying \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"\u003eSchool’s\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"\u003e Baseball Team.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"\u003eAfter graduating, Birdie was sent to Tinian and Saipan, the sights of some of the Pacific \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"\u003eTheatres'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"\u003e most intense battles \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"\u003eas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"\u003e they held strategic military importance due to their close proximity to Japan. In order to build up the morale of the troops, a series of baseball \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"\u003egames,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"\u003e featuring Major League and minor league \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"\u003eplayers,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"\u003e were played on those islands. The Seabees cut ball fields into the sides of hills \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"\u003eand\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"\u003e bleachers were created out of bomb crates to accommodate the games, where Tebbetts managed the 58th Wingmen, based at West Field, Tinian.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"\u003eOn Saipan, Captain Birdie Tebbetts thought he \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"\u003erecognized\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"\u003e the voice of an Air Force Pilot who used to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"\u003eheckle\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"\u003e him from the crowd when he played in Cleveland. When Tebbetts came to bat in the seventh inning, he spotted his tormentor and hollered back to the bench:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"\u003e ‘\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"\u003eThat \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"\u003efellow,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"\u003e has followed me all the way from Cleveland to give me the works\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"\u003e.’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"\u003eService players, including Birdie, also participated in war-benefit games, perhaps the most famous being American League All-Stars vs. Service All-Stars, itself played in Cleveland Stadium in July of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"\u003e‘42\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"\u003eFollowing the War, many who had served harboured a strong desire to set aside the rigours and traumas of wartime experiences\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"\u003e, this\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"\u003ecatalysed\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"\u003e a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"\u003ehuge\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"\u003e uptake in attendance at professional games and participation in amateur leagues, with a notable growth in the Little League game, which \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"\u003ewas founded\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"\u003e just a few years prior to War, where many Vets became coaches at newly formed teams throughout the U.S.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"\u003eThe NYLON COACH JACKET \/ BIRDIES \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"\u003eis made\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"\u003e using a custom fabric that benefits from a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"\u003especial\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"\u003e finishing process to match the texture of nylon from the 1970s, when some of the finest Coach Jackets \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"\u003ewere produced\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"\u003e, leading to the style infiltrating 90s Hip-Hop culture. 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