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Author : Clay Coppedge
Release : 2012-04
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 581/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Texas Baseball: A Lone Star Diamond History from Town Teams to the Big Leagues by : Clay Coppedge
Download or read book Texas Baseball: A Lone Star Diamond History from Town Teams to the Big Leagues written by Clay Coppedge. This book was released on 2012-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Clay Coppedge
Release : 2012-04-24
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Texas Baseball by : Clay Coppedge
Download or read book Texas Baseball written by Clay Coppedge. This book was released on 2012-04-24. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From pioneering superstars like Tris Speaker and Rogers Hornsby and Negro League standouts Smokey Joe Williams and Willie Well to present-day luminaries like Nolan Ryan, Texas has played a crucial role in the evolution of the national pastime. The Lone Star love of baseball stretches back to the Civil War. What began as friendly town games led to the formation of the Texas League in 1888, though it would be almost eight decades before the arrival of the Colt .45s, Texas's first major-league team, and another forty-three years until the Astros played in the World Series. From scrappers on the red dirt diamonds to the big-league stars of the Astros and Rangers, veteran sportswriter Clay Coppedge traces the state's long love affair with the sport in this first-ever comprehensive look at Texas baseball.
Author : Kris Rutherford
Release : 2021-05-03
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 394/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Baseball on the Prairie by : Kris Rutherford
Download or read book Baseball on the Prairie written by Kris Rutherford. This book was released on 2021-05-03. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the close of the nineteenth century, railroad expansion in Texas at once shrank the state and expanded opportunities, including that of Texas League Baseball. Previously, the major cities monopolized Texas minor-league ball, but with the rails came small-town teams without which the league may have floundered. Sherman, Denison, Paris, Corsicana, Cleburne, Greenville and Temple teams produced some of the Texas League's greatest players and provided unprecedented statewide interest. The 1902 Corsicana Oil Citys was one of the most successful teams of the time, claiming the second-best winning percentage and baseball's most lopsided victory, 51-3 over Texarkana's Casketmakers. In its only year in the league, Cleburne won the league championship and team owner Doak Roberts discovered the great Tris Speaker. Kris Rutherford pieces together the Texas League's early days and the people and towns that made this centuries-old institution possible.
Author : Scott Cain
Release : 2017-02-06
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 478/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Cleburne Baseball by : Scott Cain
Download or read book Cleburne Baseball written by Scott Cain. This book was released on 2017-02-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shortly after Cleburne landed the largest railroad shops west of the Mississippi, it set its sights on securing a professional baseball team. Against the odds, Cleburne became a Texas League town in 1906. After the first championship, the Railroaders loaded a train and left Cleburne. The town's professional teams would amass two championships, three pennants and several legendary major league players, including Tris Speaker, before disappearing. Despite lacking a professional club, the town continued to field teams at all levels, until the Railroaders made their triumphant return in 2017. Scott Cain shares a century of Cleburne baseball, including the cowboys who gunned down fly balls to intimidate umps, the pro team that played the Chicago White Sox and the city councilman who was a scorekeeper for the Negro Leagues in the 1950s.
Author : William A. Cook
Release : 2016-09-14
Genre : Sports & Recreation
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Book Rating : 912/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Johnny Temple by : William A. Cook
Download or read book Johnny Temple written by William A. Cook. This book was released on 2016-09-14. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cincinnati Reds leadoff hitter Johnny Temple batted over .300 three times between 1954 and 1959. A tobacco chewing and tough-talking hustler, he had a fiery disposition on the field, which led many sportswriters, teammates and opposing players to refer to him as a throwback to baseball's early days--an Eddie Stanky or Enos Slaughter type who would challenge anyone to a fight. He and Milwaukee Braves shortstop Johnny Logan engaged in one of the Major League's longest-running feuds. Temple was an expert glove man, forming one of the premier double play combinations of the 1950s with shortstop Roy McMillan. Following his retirement in 1964, making ends meet became a daily struggle. Temple's life ended in disappointment and disgrace.
