Everyone knows Louis Armstrong. Global celebrity. Louie. Satchmo. New Orleans' Favorite Son. Music icon. Revolutionized jazz. Reinvented the trumpet. Graced TIME magazine. King Zulu. Signed everything, “Red beans and ricely yours”. But baseball fanatic? Yep. Couldn’t get enough. Loved the game so much that he started his own team - The Secret 9 - and dressed them “In the finest uniforms ever seen on sandlots and diamonds in the Big Easy.”
To celebrate the legend and legacy of this great man and his baseball team, International House has faithfully recreated the Armstrong Secret 9 baseball jersey and made it available for purchase here. In addition to the jersey, you’ll also receive a vintage capture of the original Secret 9 players, their story and the recipe for Armstrong’s favorite cocktail (recreated by Loa’s James Beard-recognized bartender and global phenom, Abigail Gullo).