Baseballs Hometown Teams: The Story Of The Minor Leagues; Author: Chadwick, Bruce; Hardback; Book

Author: Chadwick, Bruce
Hardback; Book; 20 Colour Illustrations, 150 Illustrations
192 pages
Published: December 1996
Artabras
ISBN: 0896600904
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Major League play has attracted the glitz and the glamour, but until the days of television most Americans came to know the national pastime through the Minor League teams. In this enjoyable history, evocative photos and a lively text trace the Minors from their origins to the revival they are enjoying today. Hundreds of photographs provide more than a century's worth of nostalgia. Ardent fans and casual readers alike will find the next to be an endless source of delightful facts and trivia: Former New York Governor Moro Cuomo once played for Pittsburgh's farm team in New Brunswick,Gerorgia; Liz Taylor was once a cheerleader for the Hollywood Stars; and the outfield in the Beckley, West Virginia, park ran right to the edge of a 400-foot cliff, discouraging even the most intrepid