Isbn: 9781582440842 - baseball in dutchess county: when it was a game (4 risultati)

Paperback. Condizione: Fair.

Soft cover. Condizione: As New. --Very thick paperback book, 9" x 6". 680 pages, with 16 pages of illustrations, all b/w.Totally NEW CONDITION ----SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR, on title page "Hope you Enjoy my book, Joe Poillucci, January 2004". Inscribed by Author(s).

Paperback. Condizione: Fair.

Paperback. Condizione: Fine. Very nice and clean. Text free of highlighting and writing. Tightly bound. Appears unread. All over the country, Americans are rediscovering the game of baseball by inviting minor league teams to play in their communities. This is the way the game was meant to be played, hometown teams avidly supported by the local citizenry, competing for regional championships. Baseball in Dutchess County chronicles the one hundred years of local baseball from 1859 to 1959. Joseph Poillucci, a native and life-long resident of Dutchess County, is the leading expert on the history of baseball in the county. He recreates the romantic early days of the game, when players left their day jobs to travel up and down the Hudson River by steamboat, accompanied by promoters and managers to compete in the fierce community rivalries that fired passion in their fans. About the Author: Joseph Poillucci is a life-long resident of Dutchess County New York. After attending Dutchess Community College and Marist College he began his long career with the IBM Corporation. He is actively involved in many civic organizations and is a contributing writer for local newspapers. He is a member of the Dutchess County Old Timers' Baseball Association as well as the Dutchess County Sports Museum. 720 pages. …