Baseball in Springfield (MO) (Images of Baseball)

Rusty D. Aton

ISBN 10: 0738533599 / ISBN 13: 9780738533599

Editore: Arcadia Publishing April 2005, 2005

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Corners lightly bumped; MO; 9.5 X 6.4 X 0.5 inches; 128 pages.

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• Titolo: Baseball in Springfield (MO) (Images of Baseball)
• Editore: Arcadia Publishing April 2005
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0738533599
• ISBN 13: 9780738533599
• Rilegatura: Trade Paperback
• Condizione: Very Good
• Condizione della sovraccoperta: None
• Cataloghi dei venditori:
  • Sports - Baseball

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Riassunto

It has been more than half a century since Springfield last hosted minor league baseball. That draught will end at downtown's newly constructed Hammons Field in the spring of 2005, when the Springfield Cardinals of the AA Texas League bring professional baseball back to the Queen City of the Ozarks. The new team will have quite a legacy to fulfill, as the Springfield Cardinals of the Western Association won several pennants those many years ago, and brought to town such legendary baseball names as Branch Rickey, Joe Garagiola, and Stan Musial. Before the Cardinals came teams like the Midgets, Reds, and Merchants, and a rich tradition of professional and semi-pro baseball dating back to the mid-1880s. Drawing from a wide range of primary sources and complimented by over 100 vintage images, Baseball in Springfield is must-have for those ready to discover the historic connection this city has to the national pastime.