Texas Baseball
eBook - ePub

Texas Baseball

A Lone Star Diamond History from Town Teams to the Big Leagues

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eBook - ePub

Texas Baseball

A Lone Star Diamond History from Town Teams to the Big Leagues

About this book

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.

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Information

Year
2012
eBook ISBN
9781614234067
Edition
0

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Opening Days
  7. Forever Youngs
  8. The Grey Eagle and Rajah
  9. Uncle Billy, Bibb and Mr. Rickey
  10. Dizzy Dazzled
  11. Rube, Willie and Smokey Joe
  12. “What’s Wrong with Negro Baseball?”
  13. Oilers, Cowboys and Education through Recreation
  14. Battling a Slump
  15. Big-League Dreams
  16. You Can’t Lose ’Em All
  17. Dome Sweet Dome
  18. Born Under a Bad Sign
  19. The Psychedelic ’70s
  20. Turn for the Better
  21. Some Divided Loyalties
  22. Dreams of a Texas World Series
  23. More Than a Game
  24. World Series Reality
  25. A Perfect Moment
  26. The Baseball Gods Are Fickle
  27. Postscript
  28. Bibliography
  29. About the Author