| Baseball in Chillicothe Contributor(s): Shannon, Mike (Author) |
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ISBN: 0738533564 ISBN-13: 9780738533568 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 2005 Annotation: The Chillicothe Paints play baseball the way it was meant to be played -- talented young men chasing their dreams to play pro ball before sell-out crowds in small town America. A charter member of the Frontier League, the team has thrilled local fans at historic V.A. Stadium for over a decade. It was from Chillicothe that the Frontier League sent its first alumnus, pitcher Brian Tollberg, in 2001, up to the big leagues. And major league legends from Reds Country -- Johhny Bench, Pete Rose, Marty Brennaman -- have become a regular part of promotional evenings at the V.A., attracting a packed house every time. All this local baseball excitement has deep roots in Chillicothe, dating back to the city's entry into the Ohio State Association in 1884. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | Baseball - History - History | United States - State & Local - Midwest(ia,il,in,ks,mi,mn,mo,nd,ne,oh,sd,wi - Travel | Special Interest - Sports |
| Dewey: 796.357 |
| LCCN: 2004116415 |
| Series: Images of Baseball |
| Physical Information: 0.38" H x 6.6" W x 9.28" (0.66 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Ohio |
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| Publisher Description: The Chillicothe Paints play baseball the way it was meant to be played--talented young men chasing their dreams to play pro ball before sell-out crowds in small town America. A charter member of the Frontier League, the team has thrilled local fans at historic V.A. Stadium for over a decade. It was from Chillicothe that the Frontier League sent its first alumnus, pitcher Brian Tollberg, in 2001, up to the big leagues. And major league legends from Reds Country--Johhny Bench, Pete Rose, Marty Brennaman--have become a regular part of promotional evenings at the V.A., attracting a packed house every time. All this local baseball excitement has deep roots in Chillicothe, dating back to the city's entry into the Ohio State Association in 1884. |
Contributor Bio(s): Shannon, Mike: - Mike Shannon is the author of more than a dozen baseball books, including Riverfront Stadium: Home of the Big Red Machine, More Tales from the Dugout, and Everything Happens in Chillicothe: A Summer in the Frontier League with Max McLeary, the One-Eyed Umpire. He is the publisher-editor of Spitball Magazine and has contributed numerous articles and book reviews to a variety of publications, such as Biblio, National Review, The Cincinnati Enquirer, Sports Collectors Digest, and Sports Weekly. |