Baseball in Catawba County - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Baseball in Catawba County write by Tim Peeler. This book was released on 2004. Baseball in Catawba County available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Baseball first became popular in Catawba County as a means of entertainment and competition between mills and small towns. The county's longest standing baseball program started at Lenoir College in 1903. By the mid-1920s, a mill-supported semi-pro league had been firmly established. In the 30 years that followed, three different periods of professional minor league play were anchored by legendary players like Norman "Pinkie" James, Eddie Yount, Don Stafford, Dick Stoll, and Pud Miller. Even before the successful return of Minor League baseball in 1993, Catawba County had already had its share of brushes with famous players like Hoyt Wilhelm, Carl Hubbell, and Bob Feller and infamous ones like Edwin "Alabama" Pitts and "Struttin" Bud Shaney.
Voices from Baseball in Catawba County
Voices from Baseball in Catawba County - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Voices from Baseball in Catawba County write by Tim Peeler. This book was released on 2008. Voices from Baseball in Catawba County available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Outlaw Ballplayers
Outlaw Ballplayers - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Outlaw Ballplayers write by R.G. (Hank) Utley. This book was released on 2014-08-23. Outlaw Ballplayers available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The players of the independent Carolina League were outlaws. A diverse lot that included preachers and ex-cons, with many former and future Major Leaguers, they played ball during the desperate years of the Great Depression, when half of organized professional baseball's minor leagues went broke and ceased operations. Despite the number of defaulting leagues and teams, the players were held to their prior contracts, and many found themselves unemployed, unable to play without violating the reserve clause that bound them to their previous club. The threat of being blackballed by organized baseball notwithstanding, hundreds of players went to bat for the independent Carolina League, and their stories offer unique glimpses into the pastime's--and America's--most difficult years. This follow-up to the immensely popular and award-winning The Independent Carolina Baseball League, 1936-1938 (McFarland, 1999) takes the story of outlaw baseball into extra innings, offering a wealth of previously unpublished interviews with the key players and personnel associated with the league. With outstanding coverage of nearly 20 players, including the notorious Edwin Collins "Alabama" Pitts and well-known Lawrence Columbus "Crash" Davis, this book also offers the unique perspectives of umpires, journalists and players' wives. Appendices include a Pitts family history, the Kannapolis Towelers team record book, player records, and the history of the Carolina Victory League.
The Independent Carolina Baseball League, 1936-1938
The Independent Carolina Baseball League, 1936-1938 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Independent Carolina Baseball League, 1936-1938 write by R. G. Utley. This book was released on 1999-01-01. The Independent Carolina Baseball League, 1936-1938 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Shortly after the independent Carolina League was formed in 1936, officials of the National Association of Professional Baseball--which oversaw what was known as "organized baseball, " including the major leagues--began a campaign to destroy the league. The NAPB declared the Carolina League "outlaw" and blacklisted its players because their teams were pirating professionally-contracted ballplayers with the lure of higher wages, small-town hero worship and a career off-season. Backed into a corner, the Carolina League wore its "outlaw" label with a defiant swagger, challenging the all-powerful monopoly of organized professional baseball and its standard player contract. This complete history of the league reveals how it persevered through three tumultuous seasons, fueled by the tight-knit community spirit of North Carolina Piedmont textile towns. Over its three seasons of existence, the Carolina League attracted professional baseball players from all over the country and it gave the players control over their careers, setting a standard that was resisted until free agency was adopted in 1973.
Official Publication
Official Publication - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Official Publication write by North Carolina League of Professional Baseball Clubs. This book was released on 1915. Official Publication available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
