Canadian Minor League Baseball

Author : Jon C. Stott
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2022-01-28
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780786469925

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Canadian Minor League Baseball by Jon C. Stott Pdf

During 75 seasons of baseball (1946-2020), 71 teams in 21 minor leagues represented 35 Canadian cities, playing either under the aegis of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues (called Minor League Baseball since 1999) or independently. Sixteen teams operated for less than a year, including the eight teams of the Canadian Baseball League of 2003. Another 14 lasted three seasons or less. Seven have played continuously for 20 years or more, among them the Winnipeg Goldeyes of the independent Northern League and American Association, with 27 consecutive seasons since 1994. Chronicling their year-by-year fortunes, this history includes accounts of individual award winners, former Negro League players and future Hall-of-Famers, and traces of the rise and fall of independent league teams and the exodus of Canadian teams to the U.S.

Author : Brian Martin
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2014-12-24
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781476618692

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The Tecumsehs of the International Association by Brian Martin Pdf

This is the previously untold story of the London Tecumsehs, an 1870s baseball team that rose to the top ranks of pro ball. The Tecumsehs of London, Ontario, were among the founding members of the International Association in 1877, the first league established to challenge the struggling National League, formed a year earlier. The team played against the top competition of the day and defeated nines from Chicago, St. Louis and elsewhere. They became the first champions of the International Association when they defeated Pittsburgh with the arm of Fred Goldsmith, one of the first curveball pitchers. This is also the story of the International Association, the only one of the six leagues challenging the primacy of the National League that has never been accorded major league status. To this day it has been relegated to minor league status to the detriment of some of the pioneer players in the game.

Author : David Pietrusza
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2005-11-29
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780786425297

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Baseball's Canadian-American League by David Pietrusza Pdf

A Class C minor league during a turbulent 15 years: its stirring history reveals what minor league baseball—indeed, all of baseball—was experiencing. Begun in the Depression, this league saw the coming of night baseball, World War II, the prosperous postwar era, integration, competition with television, and final demise. And here are the stories of stars in the making: Bob Lemon, Tommy LeSorda, Al Rosen, Lou Burdette, Frank Malzone, Vic Raschi. Those who never made it to the majors are also presented. This book—through groundbreaking research and dozens of personal interviews—captures the essence of minor league ball in this era.

Author : William Humber
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Baseball
ISBN : 0195410394

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Diamonds of the North by William Humber Pdf

Baseball may not be Canada's national game, but its long history, its diffusion throughout the nation, and its play among widely diverse communities and by all ages of men and women suggests that it is a worthy claimant. Humber uncovers a multitude of previously unpublished reports of baseball-type games across present day Canada, long before the game's formal adoption in New York City in the mid-19th century. He explores baseball's major league quality in 1870s Ontario, why Quebecois came to play the game, how the Gold Rush brought baseball to the west coast, women's baseball in Saskatchewan after World War I, how their baseball teams' success staked Saint John and Halifax a claim to urban status, and the story of Japanese Canadian, black, and native baseball players in Canada.

Author : Brian Kendall
Publisher : Lester Publishing
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1995-01-01
Category : Baseball
ISBN : 1895555558

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Great Moments in Canadian Baseball by Brian Kendall Pdf

Author : Gregory Jordan
Publisher : Triumph Books
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781600786969

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Willie Mays Aikens by Gregory Jordan Pdf

An intimate portrait of a tortured player, this biography culls interviews, letters, and the personal account of baseball legend Willie Mays Aikens. Touted from a young age as the next Reggie Jackson, Aikens' promising career quickly turned disastrous when he fell into drug abuse and was ultimately sentenced to the longest prison sentence ever given to a professional athlete in a drug case. Not only an exploration of baseball and culture in the 1980s, this book also delves into the United States justice and penal systems.

Author : William Humber,John St. James
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : UOM:39015037315135

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All I Thought about was Baseball by William Humber,John St. James Pdf

A collection of fictional and factual essays on professional and recreational baseball as played in Canada, by professional sportswriters as well as writers not usually associated with sports. Contributors reminisce about prairie baseball in the 1930s, women's softball, Canada's first World Series in 1992, and Inuit baseball. Paper edition (unseen), $24.95. No index. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : John Feinstein
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2015-03-17
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780307949585

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Where Nobody Knows Your Name by John Feinstein Pdf

Minor league baseball is quintessentially American: small towns, small stadiums, $5 tickets, $2 hot dogs, the never-ending possibility of making it big. But looming above it all is always the real deal: Major League Baseball. John Feinstein takes the reader behind the curtain into the guarded world of the minor leagues, like no other writer can. Where Nobody Knows Your Name explores the trials and travails of the inhabitants of Triple-A, focusing on nine men, including players, managers and umpires, among many colorful characters, living on the cusp of the dream. The book tells the stories of former World Series hero Scott Podsednik, giving it one more shot; Durham Bulls manager Charlie Montoya, shepherding generations across the line; and designated hitter Jon Lindsey, a lifelong minor leaguer, waiting for his day to come. From Raleigh to Pawtucket, from Lehigh Valley to Indianapolis and beyond, this is an intimate and exciting look at life in the minor leagues, where you’re either waiting for the call or just passing through.

Author : Barry Swanton,Jay-Dell Mah
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2009-08-10
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0786444681

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Black Baseball Players in Canada by Barry Swanton,Jay-Dell Mah Pdf

In an era when black baseball players had limited playing prospects in the United States, they found a more hospitable and level playing field in Canada. The entries in this dictionary contain biographical sketches, career highlights and statistics for hundreds of players, as well as information about their teams and leagues.

Author : Geoffrey C. Ward
Publisher : Knopf
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Baseball
ISBN : 9780679765417

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Baseball by Geoffrey C. Ward Pdf

With more than 500 photographs -- Introduction by Roger Angell -- Essays by Thomas Boswell, Robert W. Creamer, Gerald Early, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Bill James, David Lamb, Daniel Okrent, John Thorn, George E Will -- And featuring an interview with Buck O'Neil

Author : Dave Bidini
Publisher : McClelland & Stewart
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2011-12-21
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781551996769

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Baseballissimo by Dave Bidini Pdf

In the spring of 2002, Dave Bidini set off for Nettuno, Italy, with his wife, Janet, and their two small children, in search of his favourite summer game, baseball. Nettuno was his destination because this town, south of Rome, has been the baseball capital of Italy since 1944, when the game was introduced by the American GIs who liberated the region. Bidini wanted to spend time in a town where everyone is as nuts about the game as he is, and in Nettuno, they love the game so much that they hand out baseball gloves and bats to children taking their first communion. For six months Bidini followed the fortunes of the Serie B Peones, Nettunese to the core. At the same time he was also learning about his own heritage, having spent his youth vigorously ignoring his Italianness. The result of his summer in Italy is vintage Bidini: a funny, perceptive, and engrossing book that takes readers far beyond the professional sport to the game that people around the world love to play.

Author : Ken Carson,Larry Millson
Publisher : FriesenPress
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2016-09-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781460280126

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From Hockey to Baseball: I kept them in stitches by Ken Carson,Larry Millson Pdf

Ken Carson’s career as rink rat, athletic trainer and executive has spanned sixty years from junior hockey to the NHL and from major-league baseball to the minors. Carson has sharpened skates with Bobby Orr as his helper; been frightened out of a wrestling ring by Yukon Eric; lived at the arena in Rochester, N.Y.; stitched up players for the Pittsburgh Penguins; celebrated the Blue Jays’ first AL East championship on the turf of Exhibition Stadium as the team trainer who doubled as director of team travel. He was the first trainer for two expansion teams in two sports, the Penguins and the Blue Jays, participating in the 1976 NHL All-Star Game and the 1980 MLB All-Star Game. In 1987, Carson became the Blue Jays’ director of Florida operations, which included the role of general manager of the Class A team at Dunedin. As a respected minor-league executive, he became president of the Class A Florida State League in 2015. Carson’s story, as told to Toronto sports writer Larry Millson, offers a unique perspective of sports over the generations.

Author : Carly Adams
Publisher : Human Kinetics Publishers
Page : 441 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2020-05-28
Category : Outdoor recreation
ISBN : 9781492569497

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Sport and Recreation in Canadian History by Carly Adams Pdf

"Sport and Recreation in Canadian History is a comprehensive textbook which provides an examination of events, documents, and pivotal moments that contributed to the development of sport in Canada. Content ranges from indigenous recreation, and the integration of British culture. It moves to the emergence of organized sport and national sport organizations, and their impact on how sport is viewed across the country. Amateur and professional sport is covered in detail and finally the globalization of Canadian sport and its expansion and position on the international stage"--

Author : John Hoppin,Vicki Hoppin
Publisher : Ballpark 2 Ballpark: Volume 1
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2018-03-29
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1684330599

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Ballpark 2 Ballpark by John Hoppin,Vicki Hoppin Pdf

Take a journey through the minor leagues of professional baseball with these stories and photos from across the US and Canada. Through their lens and their words, John and Vicki Hoppin show us that minor league baseball continues to be an incredibly fun and joyful experience for families and fans.

Author : Ted Y. Furumoto,Douglas W. Jackson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2012-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 4990617207

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More Than a Baseball Team by Ted Y. Furumoto,Douglas W. Jackson Pdf

This book is an adaptation of a Japanese language non-fiction work about Canada s first Japanese-Canadian championship baseball team, the Vancouver Asahi, active from 1914 to 1941 (Toho Shobo, 2009). The history of the Vancouver Asahi is also a history of the Japanese- Canadian immigrant experience. The team was a part of the growth of Little Tokyo in Vancouver, British Columbia. The Asahi dynasty was abruptly brought to a halt when the players, along with the rest of the Japanese community, were relocated to internment camps after Pearl Harbor. Team members, though separated, still played baseball by organizing teams in the camps. Eventually, the Mounties, who were the camp guards, became fans. After the war, Japanese-Canadians were prevented from returning to their homes on the west coast, and given a choice of living on the east coast of Canada or being deported to Japan. Though the team never revived, they were honored belatedly by induction into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame. The story of the Asahi is one of hope and perseverance in the face of adversity and racial prejudice. It is a story about young men playing for the love of the game, instilling pride not just in their community, but in all of Canada as well.