League Park
Historic Home of Cleveland Baseball, 1891-1946
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2013
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-6826-3 (ISBN)
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
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Provides a comprehensive history of League Park, primary home field for Major League Baseball in Cleveland from 1891 to 1946. The site boasts significant history beyond the majors, including the National Football League, Negro League baseball, college football and boxing, and has experienced a multitude of amazing events and people.
This is a comprehensive history of League Park, primary home field for Major League Baseball in Cleveland from 1891 to 1946. The site boasts significant history beyond the majors, including the National Football League, Negro League baseball, college football and boxing, and has experienced an uncanny multitude of amazing events and people, although that history has heretofore gone largely unrecognized. This chronicle allows for these grounds to take their place among the more heralded parks of baseball's past and present. Perhaps the most unique feature of the site is that is has survived to this day as a baseball grounds, with renovations of the site scheduled to begin in the spring of 2012.
This is a comprehensive history of League Park, primary home field for Major League Baseball in Cleveland from 1891 to 1946. The site boasts significant history beyond the majors, including the National Football League, Negro League baseball, college football and boxing, and has experienced an uncanny multitude of amazing events and people, although that history has heretofore gone largely unrecognized. This chronicle allows for these grounds to take their place among the more heralded parks of baseball's past and present. Perhaps the most unique feature of the site is that is has survived to this day as a baseball grounds, with renovations of the site scheduled to begin in the spring of 2012.
Ken Krsolovic is a longtime athletic administrator, baseball coach and sports broadcaster at several colleges and universities. Formerly, he was a collegiate sports information director, who authored and designed over 30 award-winning team media guides. He lives in Concord, Ohio. Cleveland prosecutor Bryan Fritz lives in Fairview Park, Ohio.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
1—The Wooden Era
2—Concrete and Steel
3—1920 and the World Series
4—Call It Dunn Field
5—Surviving the Stadium
6—Negro League Park
7—Beyond Baseball
8—Decline and Rebirth
Appendices
A—League Park and Its Teams, by Year
B—Box Scores from Memorable Games
C—Dunn Field Pointers
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 30.3.2013 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 106 photographs |
| Verlagsort | Jefferson, NC |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Ballsport |
| Weitere Fachgebiete ► Sportwissenschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7864-6826-2 / 0786468262 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7864-6826-3 / 9780786468263 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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