Bibliograph

Baseball in Springfield, Rusty D. Aton

Type

Label

Baseball in Springfield, Rusty D. Aton

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Baseball in Springfield

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Rusty D. Aton

Series statement

Images of baseball

Summary

It has been more than half a century since Springfield last hosted minor league baseball. That draught will end at downtown's newly constructed Hammons Field in the spring of 2005, when the Springfield Cardinals of the AA Texas League bring professional baseball back to the Queen City of the Ozarks. The new team will have quite a legacy to fulfill, as the Springfield Cardinals of the Western Association won several pennants those many years ago, and brought to town such legendary baseball names as Branch Rickey, Joe Garagiola, and Stan Musial. Before the Cardinals came teams like the Midgets, Reds, and Merchants, and a rich tradition of professional and semi-pro baseball dating back to the mid-1880s. Drawing from a wide range of primary sources and complimented by over 100 vintage images, Baseball in Springfield is must-have for those ready to discover the historic connection this city has to the national pastime

Target audience

adult

Classification