| Baseball in Richmond Contributor(s): Pomfrey, Ron (Author) |
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ISBN: 0738553956 ISBN-13: 9780738553955 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2008 Annotation: From Daddy Boschenas first professional baseball ashoe shop teama to our current Richmond Braves, from the ballyards of the old fairgrounds of Monroe Park to the Diamond on the Boulevard, baseball in Richmond has flourished. Whether known as the Bluebirds, Bloody Shirts, Lawmakers, Crows, Johnnie Rebs, Colts, Vees, or Braves, each team brought fans through the turnstiles to cheer them to victory, and those fans always left the park with lasting baseball memories. Richmondas ball-gardens and cranks played host to the likes of Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, Mickey Mantle, and Ted Williams, as well as homegrown stars, including Billy Nash, Ray Dandridge, Eddie Mooers, Tom West, and Granny Hamner. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | Baseball - History - History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv) - Travel | Special Interest - Sports |
| Dewey: 796.357 |
| LCCN: 2007943240 |
| Series: Images of Baseball |
| Physical Information: 0.34" H x 6.51" W x 9.21" (0.71 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Locality - Richmond-Petersburg, Virginia - Geographic Orientation - Virginia |
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| Publisher Description: From Daddy Boschen s first professional baseball shoe shop team to our current Richmond Braves, from the ballyards of the old fairgrounds of Monroe Park to the Diamond on the Boulevard, baseball in Richmond has flourished. Whether known as the Bluebirds, Bloody Shirts, Lawmakers, Crows, Johnnie Rebs, Colts, Vees, or Braves, each team brought fans through the turnstiles to cheer them to victory, and those fans always left the park with lasting baseball memories. Richmond s ball-gardens and cranks played host to the likes of Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, Mickey Mantle, and Ted Williams, as well as homegrown stars, including Billy Nash, Ray Dandridge, Eddie Mooers, Tom West, and Granny Hamner." |
Contributor Bio(s): Pomfrey, Ron: - Author Ron Pomfrey, a lifelong resident of Hanover County, has been an enthusiastic collector and researcher of Richmond s sports history. Pomfrey both taught and coached baseball and football for 10 years in the Hanover County School System. For the past 18 years, he has been a broker for Ron Pomfrey Realty, Inc. |