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APPALACHIAN LEAGUE BASEBALL

Author : Allen LaMountain

Publisher : Xlibris Corporation

Page : 316 pages

File Size : 10,13 MB

Release : 2014-07

Category : Sports & Recreation

ISBN : 1499042841

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Baseball. the very word brings to mind summer days, a feeling of youthful exuberance, and rebirth. Baseball is nostalgic in its essence, and I hope that I have captured that feeling in this book. the stories of the rise of many young hopeful ballplayers who had the talent and drive to make it to the big leagues and in some cases rise to the very pinnacle of success is what prompted me to write their stories. Over the years of my stint covering the Appalachian League, I witnessed a great many players make it to "The Show." If you are a fan of baseball, as I am, you will enjoy discovering the history of this talent-rich league as well as the biographies of the players and managers who passed through the Appy League on their way up the ladder. I hope you enjoy reading this book as much as I did writing it.





Road-Tripping the South Atlantic League

Author : Walter Triebel

Publisher : McFarland

Page : 283 pages

File Size : 34,20 MB

Release : 2015-11-27

Category : Sports & Recreation

ISBN : 0786498110

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This comprehensive visitor's guide to the teams of baseball's South Atlantic League lays out the methods needed to plan efficient, cost-effective and rewarding road trips to see home games at ballparks throughout the league. It provides carefully planned travel routes, including lists of interesting eateries and attractions (both baseball-related and otherwise) in or near each team's city. The text traces the history of the league, profiles each current team in detail, describes each ballpark and identifies players who have led the league in batting or pitching. Team profiles list more than 300 players who played with a South Atlantic League team and went on to have a successful major league career. Information about nearby teams outside the SAL is also included for travelers wanting to broaden their baseball road trip experience.



The Captain

Author : David Wright

Publisher : Penguin

Page : 386 pages

File Size : 27,8 MB

Release : 2021-06-01

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 1524746304

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A memoir from one of the most admired players in baseball, the captain of the New York Mets, David Wright David Wright played his entire Major League Baseball career for one team, the team he dreamed of playing for as a kid: the New York Mets. A quick fan favorite from Virginia who then earned his stripes in New York, Wright came back time and again from injury and demonstrated the power of hard work, total commitment, and an infinite love of the game. Wright’s stats are one thing. He was a seven-time All-Star, a two-time Gold Glove Award winner, and a two-time Silver Slugger Award winner. He holds many Mets franchise records and was nicknamed "Captain America" after his performance in the 2013 World Baseball Classic. But there is more: The walk-offs. The Barehand. The Subway Series and World Series home runs. And the electricity that swept through Shea Stadium then Citi Field whenever number 5, “the Captain,” was in the game.



Diamonds Sparkling Across America

Author : Jesse Ellis

Publisher : PublishAmerica

Page : 239 pages

File Size : 38,55 MB

Release : 2013-09-06

Category : Sports & Recreation

ISBN : 1630842869

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Professional baseball in America is a source of pride and enjoyment for millions of Americans. As of 2013, 48 of our 50 states had some level of professional baseball. Author Jesse Ellis has visited at least one professional ballpark in each of those states. Travel with Jesse across this great land to over 230 ballparks from Maine to Arizona, Washington, DC, to Seattle, Washington, and beyond the U.S. borders. Visit parks at every level from independent leagues to the major leagues. Check out which parks are classic and which parks are state of the art. Find out which parks have the best accessibility and which are the most fan friendly. Learn a little professional baseball history along the way. Most of all, learn how much fun it can be for you to discover the many great parks that make up the Diamonds Sparkling Across America.



The Ultimate Minor League Baseball Road Trip

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Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield

Page : 484 pages

File Size : 43,44 MB

Release :

Category : Baseball fields

ISBN : 9781599216270

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An enthusiastic, irreverent, but exhaustive guidebook to all the stadiums of Minor League Baseball, following up on the success of the first Ultimate Baseball Road Trip book, which was dedicated to Major League stadiums.



Special Edition

Author : Daniel Einstein

Publisher : Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow

Page : 1078 pages

File Size : 45,56 MB

Release : 1987

Category : Performing Arts

ISBN :

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Small-Town Heroes

Author : Hank Davis

Publisher : U of Nebraska Press

Page : 392 pages

File Size : 37,11 MB

Release : 2003-01-01

Category : Sports & Recreation

ISBN : 9780803266391

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In 1993 successful psychologist and journalist Hank Davis undertook an epic journey exploring the atmosphere and culture of both minor league baseball and the small towns that embrace it. Davis shows us the warmth, quirkiness, and desperate energy of minor league ball, from encounters with future stars to those who would never make it to the ?show?; from the kids selling Cracker Jacks outside the park to the aging coaches who persevere out of sheer love for the game. As Davis says, ?the minor leagues are full of stories,? and he tells some of the best of them here. A new afterword by the author dis-cusses where the minor league players are now.



Appalachia

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Publisher :

Page : 348 pages

File Size : 21,34 MB

Release : 1989

Category : Appalachian Region

ISBN :

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Mountain Days

Author : Paul M. Fink

Publisher : Western Carolina University, Hunter Library

Page : 294 pages

File Size : 32,22 MB

Release : 2019-08

Category :

ISBN : 9781469651842

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In 1974, Paul M. Fink published Backpacking Was the Only Way, a memoir of exploration in the Smoky Mountain backcountry that is long out of print. The basis of the book was a journal kept from 1914 to 1938, combined with evocative photographs that Fink compiled into a manuscript he called Mountain Days. The manuscript is now considered to be a unique and insightful first-person account of the region. Containing rare historical accounts of the manways, camps, and cabins once used by adventurers exploring the mountains before the advent of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, this is the first widely-accessible publication of Mountain Days. This edition features a new foreword by Ken Wise, professor and director of the Great Smoky Mountain Regional Project at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville's John C. Hodges Library. An open access edition of Mountains Days is available from the Hunter Library at Western Carolina University.