California Baseball From The Pioneers To The Glory Years

Author : Chris Goode
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2009-10-14
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780557087600

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California Baseball: from the Pioneers to the Glory Years by Chris Goode Pdf

Beginning in the 1890s, the book examines the personalities, schools, teams, managers, and owners that helped shape baseball in California. It provides an insightful history of the game from the perspective of the California minor leagues, particularly the California League and Pacific Coast League. While focusing on the lives of a select group of pioneers integral to the sport in the Golden State, it reveals a representative and interesting sample of the achievements, events, and contributions spanning a half-century. Frank Chance, Walter Johnson, Hal Chase, Mike Donlin, Charlie Graham, Hap Hogan, Hen Berry, and Cy Moreing lead teams including Santa Clara College, St. Mary's, the Los Angeles Angels, Stockton Millers, San Jose Prune Pickers, Vernon Tigers, Santa Cruz Sand Crabs, Oakland Oaks, and San Francisco Seals. We begin in San Francisco in 1897 at the genesis of professional baseball in California ' at the San Francisco Examiner Baseball Tournament.

Author : Richard Beverage
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2011-10-10
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780786487882

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The Los Angeles Angels of the Pacific Coast League by Richard Beverage Pdf

Long before the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants brought the major leagues to California in 1958, professional baseball thrived on the West Coast in the form of the Pacific Coast League (PCL). Minor only in name, the league featured intense rivalries, a huge fan base, and such future Hall of Famers as Joe DiMaggio and Ted Williams. The Los Angeles Angels won 14 PCL pennants and stood as the league's premier franchise. This year-by-year chronicle of the Los Angeles Angels from 1903 to 1957 includes an overview of the PCL and a wealth of statistical information, including an all-time player roster, a list of important team records, lineups, and attendance information. Based in part on personal interviews with former Angels players, this history offers a nostalgic look back at the PCL and the early days of baseball in the West.

Author : William D. McPoil
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : History
ISBN : 9781467117104

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Sacramento Baseball by William D. McPoil Pdf

Sacramento has enjoyed baseball since the Gold Rush. As early as 1869, the first professional baseball team in America, the Cincinnati Red Stockings, came to Sacramento and played against a locally organized team. A few years later, the Sacramento team joined the California League to compete against those from San Francisco and Oakland, becoming a charter member of the newly formed Pacific Coast League in 1903. All the while, children and adults alike were picking up the sport in the many parks, sandlots, and schoolyards throughout the city. In the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s, amateur and sponsored teams competed against each other for trophies and bragging rights. Then, in the 1950s, Little League, Babe Ruth League, and American Legion Baseball flourished.

Author : Tim Hagerty
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2023-03-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781646433780

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Tales from the Dugout by Tim Hagerty Pdf

A wild bull on the field, a fly ball caught by a train conductor, a pitcher taking the mound barefoot—Minor League Baseball has been played across the country in cities large and small for more than a century, and there are thousands of stories to tell from it. Tales from the Dugout collects the zaniest Minor League stories. Given its long history, it is no surprise that the game has encountered some bizarre things over the years. This humorous and outlandish collection of stories is sourced from newspaper archives and the Baseball Hall of Fame Library in Cooperstown, New York, and includes a foreword by former MLB All-Star Billy Butler. Whether you're a baseball fanatic or just a fan of sports history, this book captures the spirit of the game. Including: - HOLE IN ONE: In 1942, a Milwaukee Brewers batter hit a low line drive that bounced down the right field line. He rounded the bases while confused Louisville Colonels fielders searched for the ball. They eventually found it inside a gopher hole. - TOO FAR: The Denison Tigers started the 1896 Texas Association season with a pitcher's mound that was 70 feet from home plate. - MONKEYING AROUND: A chimp's escape turned a Southern Association game into pandemonium on July 17, 1909. "Henry the Chimpanzee," the New Orleans Pelicans' official mascot, busted from his cage and chased players around the field. The chimp then went after fans, who ran from him screaming. The game was delayed a few minutes while Henry was restrained. - HEADLESS CRUSHER: A police department in Ohio got a call about a missing head. The Lake Erie Crushers' mascot's head was stolen in 2011, forcing the mascot to miss a few home games. After learning through media reports that police were investigating, the thief returned the head by inconspicuously placing it under the ballpark's tarp. Tim Hagerty has broadcasted professional baseball games for 18 years. He has written hundreds of freelance national baseball articles for Baseball Digest, MLB.com, Sporting News, The Hardball Times, and other publications.

Author : Amy Essington
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2018-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9780803285736

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The Integration of the Pacific Coast League by Amy Essington Pdf

"An account of the desegregation of baseball's Pacific Coast League, the first American League of any sport to desegregate all of its teams"--

Author : Eric Nusbaum
Publisher : PublicAffairs
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2020-03-24
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781541742192

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Stealing Home by Eric Nusbaum Pdf

A story about baseball, family, the American Dream, and the fight to turn Los Angeles into a big league city. Dodger Stadium is an American icon. But the story of how it came to be goes far beyond baseball. The hills that cradle the stadium were once home to three vibrant Mexican American communities. In the early 1950s, those communities were condemned to make way for a utopian public housing project. Then, in a remarkable turn, public housing in the city was defeated amidst a Red Scare conspiracy. Instead of getting their homes back, the remaining residents saw the city sell their land to Walter O'Malley, the owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers. Now LA would be getting a different sort of utopian fantasy -- a glittering, ultra-modern stadium. But before Dodger Stadium could be built, the city would have to face down the neighborhood's families -- including one, the Aréchigas, who refused to yield their home. The ensuing confrontation captivated the nation - and the divisive outcome still echoes through Los Angeles today.

Author : Kelly Holtzclaw,Jon Leonoudakis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2018-03-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0998919314

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The Sweet Spot Presents Baseball Pioneers by Kelly Holtzclaw,Jon Leonoudakis Pdf

The personal stories in their own words of: Perry Barber, one of the first female umpires. Maybelle Blair and Shirley Burkovich two original players from the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (as seen in movie "A League of Their Own"). Ron Rapoport, newspaperman who had the last interview with the great Jackie Robinson. Jim "Mudcat" Grant, the last player to play in both the Negro Leagues and Major League Baseball, and pitched in the World Series. Justine Siegal, the first female pitcher to pitch practice to a Major League team. These Baseball Pioneers were the each "the first" in their own way. They each share their struggles, their triumphs, and their hopes for the future in their own words. These are their stories.

Author : Russ Cohen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2017-08-13
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1628654279

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Pioneers of Baseball by Russ Cohen Pdf

Author : David L. Fleitz
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2015-01-28
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780786480623

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More Ghosts in the Gallery by David L. Fleitz Pdf

An irony of enshrinement at the baseball Hall of Fame is that it's no guarantee of lasting name recognition. The sport's history stretches too far back, as today fans scratch their heads about athletes and owners who were among the most celebrated public figures of their time. Who was more renowned than George Wright, baseball's greatest star during the transition from amateur to professional play? Who was more feared than Big Dan Brouthers? Maybe it was Amos Rusie, who threw so hard that some say the rules makers increased the pitching distance just to make things fair. . Of the 256 players, managers and executives in the Hall of Fame, the names that are known well--Ty Cobb, Connie Mack, Willie Mays--account for a small minority. This book, a follow-up to Ghosts in the Gallery at Cooperstown (2004), provides chapter-length biographies on 16 Hall of Famers from baseball's distant past. Award-winning biographer David Fleitz covers in detail the lives and careers of Negro League (Hilton Smith) and pre-Negro League greats (Cristobal Torriente and Smokey Joe Williams), big leaguers from the 19th century (Wright, Brouthers, Rusie, Mickey Welch, Tommy McCarthy, Tim Keefe, Joe Kelley, Billy Hamilton, and Sam Thompson) and stars from the deadball era through the Second World War (Jimmy Collins, Sam Rice, Kiki Cuyler, Arky Vaughan). For some, it is the first time their stories appear in print.

Author : Geoffrey C. Ward
Publisher : Knopf
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Baseball
ISBN : 9780679404590

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Baseball by Geoffrey C. Ward Pdf

530 illustrations in text

Author : Johnny D. Boggs
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2021-10-11
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9798216148227

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Sports on Film by Johnny D. Boggs Pdf

Sports on Film takes readers behind the scenes of how movies get made and puts them in the stands for some of the key moments in sports in America. Sports on Film documents key events in American sports history through the films that depict them, starting with the integration of major-league baseball when Jackie Robinson signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers. Other significant events and personalities examined include the college basketball point-shaving incident of the 1950s; journalist George Plimpton's attempt to go through the Detroit Lions' NFL training camp in the early 1960s; the originations and popularity of rodeo; the brief run of women's professional baseball during World War II; the underdog racehorse Seabiscuit during the Great Depression; the rise of African American boxer Muhammad Ali; the unique 1970s "Battle of the Sexes" tennis event between Bobby Riggs and Billie Jean King; and Ford Motor Company's run in the 1960s to take motorsports to Europe's premier event in Le Mans, France.

Author : Gwendolyn Captain
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 692 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UCAL:C3388946

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Social, Religious, and Leisure Pursuits of Northern California's African American Population by Gwendolyn Captain Pdf

Author : David K. Wiggins
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2015-03-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317477440

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African Americans in Sports by David K. Wiggins Pdf

This two-volume set features 400 articles on African-Americans in sports, including biographical entries as well as entries on events, tournaments, leagues, clubs, films, and associations. The entries cover all professional, amateur, and college sports such as baseball, tennis, and golf.

Author : Raymond Arsenault
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2009-07-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781608191895

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The Sound of Freedom by Raymond Arsenault Pdf

Few moments in Civil Rights history are as important as the morning of Sunday April 9, 1939 when Marian Anderson sang before a throng of thousands lined up along the Mall by the Lincoln Memorial. She had been banned from the Daughters of the American Revolution's Constitution Hall because she was black. When Eleanor Roosevelt, who resigned from the DAR over the incident, took up Anderson's cause, however, it became a national issue. The controversy showed Americans that discrimination was not simply a regional problem. As Arsenault shows, Anderson's dignity and courage enabled her, like a female Jackie Robinson - but several years before him - to strike a vital blow for civil rights. Today the moment still resonates. Postcards and CDs of Anderson are sold at the Memorial and Anderson is still considered one of the greats of 20th century American music. In a short but richly textured narrative, Raymond Arsenault captures the struggle for racial equality in pre-WWII America and a moment that inspired blacks and whites alike. In rising to the occasion, he writes, Marion Anderson "consecrated" the Lincoln Memorial as a shrine of freedom. In the 1963 March on Washington Martin Luther King would follow, literally, in her footsteps.

Author : Jessie Carney Smith
Publisher : Visible Ink Press
Page : 849 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781578594245

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Black Firsts by Jessie Carney Smith Pdf

Achievement engenders pride, and the most significant accomplishments involving people, places, and events in black history are gathered in Black Firsts: 4,000 Ground-Breaking and Pioneering Events.