The Unlikely Rise and Even Unlikelier Durability of Ebbets Field Flannels

Jerry Cohen was standing onstage at Bumbershoot 1989 when he decided to quit the music business for good. It was the cliche rock musician story, really: He needed more time to focus on his niche retro baseball apparel business.

“My dream was always to be a famous musician,” says Cohen. “And that didn’t work out. I tried for 10 years. And, you know, very few people succeed at that. And then by the time I had to give that dream up, it was okay, because I had a new dream.”

That dream was Ebbets Field Flannels, the company that Cohen and his ex-wife, but still-partner, Lisa

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