| Baseball in Baton Rouge Contributor(s): Bielawa, Michael (Author), Bielawa, Janice (Author), Didier, Mel (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0738542237 ISBN-13: 9780738542232 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2007 Annotation: Baton Rouge has always been a baseball town. The game was played by occupying Union troops during the Civil War, continued during the Reconstruction Period, and marched forward with the Louisiana State University Tigers in the 1890s. LSU would become one of the winningest teams in the history of the College World Series. Baton Rouge has hosted Southern Universitys Jaguars and a variety of minor leagues, including the famous Evangeline League, as well as the powerhouse Esso team. An epidemic, floods, the Great Depression, and decades of racial tension have all impacted baseball in this city, but the game has endured. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv) - Sports & Recreation | Baseball - History - Travel | Special Interest - Sports |
| Dewey: 796.357 |
| LCCN: 2006923341 |
| Series: Images of Baseball |
| Physical Information: 0.36" H x 6.58" W x 9.22" (0.71 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Louisiana - Cultural Region - Deep South - Cultural Region - Mid-South - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Baton Rouge has always been a baseball town. The game was played by occupying Union troops during the Civil War, continued during the Reconstruction Period, and marched forward with the Louisiana State University Tigers in the 1890s. LSU would become one of the winningest teams in the history of the College World Series. Baton Rouge has hosted Southern University s Jaguars and a variety of minor leagues, including the famous Evangeline League, as well as the powerhouse Esso team. An epidemic, floods, the Great Depression, and decades of racial tension have all impacted baseball in this city, but the game has endured." |
Contributor Bio(s): Bielawa, Michael: - Authors Michael and Janice Bielawa present the first concise illustrated history of baseball in Baton Rouge. Michael Bielawa is a member of SABR and has written extensively about baseball; his wife Janice is a researcher and fine artist. |