| Florida's First Big League Baseball Players: A Narrative History Contributor(s): Singletary, Wes (Author) |
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ISBN: 1596291168 ISBN-13: 9781596291164 Publisher: History Press OUR PRICE: $19.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2006 Annotation: Written by baseball historian and enthusiast, Wes Singletary, this engaging book is a narrative journey into the early days of baseball in Florida and America before 1950, when only a handful of Flordia boys got their shot at the big leagues. Portraying Hall of Famers and record breakers, this collection allows readers to journey back to a time when the game was more innocent and the heart of the men playing, a little bigger. |
| 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: B |
| LCCN: 2006000448 |
| Physical Information: 0.36" H x 6.28" W x 9.26" (0.62 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Florida - Cultural Region - South Atlantic - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In recent years, Florida s playgrounds have produced an abundance of exceptional professional baseball players: Alex Rodriguez, Gary Sheffield, Luis Gonzales and Tino Martinez, to name only a few. Before 1950, however, only twenty-six Florida boys made it to the pros got their shot in the big leagues. Players like Tampa s Al Lopez, a Hall of Fame member and baseball s first Hispanic manager, and Pensacola native Russ Scarritt, who set the Boston Red Sox record for most triples in a season his rookie year, blazed a trail that has opened the door for many of today s baseball superstars. Florida s First Big League Baseball Players, by baseball historian and enthusiast Wes Singletary, is a narrative journey into the early days of baseball in Florida before 1950. When this project was undertaken only eight of the original twenty-six players were still living. Written from hours of interviews and presented in a narrative form that is engaging and informative, this collection allows the reader to journey back to a time when the game was more innocent and the heart of the men playing, a little bigger." |
Contributor Bio(s): Singletary, Wes: - Tampa native Wes Singletary is currently Executive Director for the Discovery of Florida Quincentennial Commission, Florida Department of State, mapping a statewide celebration of Florida s Quincentennial in 2013. Wes has served as an adjunct history professor at Tallahassee Community College since 1993. He is author of Al Lopez: The Life of Baseball s El Senor and is presently working on a biography of John Henry Pop Lloyd, a baseball hall-of-famer from the Negro Leagues; both are Florida natives. He currently resides in Tallahassee Florida. |