| Connecticut Baseball:: The Best of the Nutmeg State Contributor(s): Harrison, Don (Author) |
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ISBN: 159629552X ISBN-13: 9781596295520 Publisher: History Press OUR PRICE: $19.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2008 Annotation: Whether Connecticut fans were cheering on Connecticut teams in baseball's major and minor leagues or watching their native sons participate in America's favorite pastime all across the country, they have taken satisfaction in the contributions of the Nutmeg State. As former Commissioner of Baseball Fay Vincent notes in his foreword, Don Harrison has lovingly assembled the best selections from a lifetime spent covering Connecticut's corner of the game. Read twenty-five interviews from his own forty-three-year career and discover even older traditions that date back to Hartford s entrance into the majors in the 1870s. You might disagree with Harrison's choices for a Connecticut All-Time Team that's half the fun but you will find it hard to resist the enthusiasm that has united so many fans of the sport. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - New England (ct, Ma, Me, Nh, Ri, Vt) - Sports & Recreation | Baseball - History |
| Dewey: 796.357 |
| LCCN: 2008032137 |
| Series: Sports |
| Physical Information: 0.46" H x 6.1" W x 9.08" (0.58 lbs) 160 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Whether Connecticut fans were cheering on Connecticut teams in baseball's major and minor leagues or watching their native sons participate in America's favorite pastime all across the country, they have taken satisfaction in the contributions of the Nutmeg State. As former Commissioner of Baseball Fay Vincent notes in his foreword, Don Harrison has lovingly assembled the best selections from a lifetime spent covering Connecticut's corner of the game. Read twenty-five interviews from his own forty-three-year career and discover even older traditions that date back to Hartford's entrance into the majors in the 1870s. You might disagree with Harrison's choices for a Connecticut All-Time Team--that's half the fun--but you will find it hard to resist the enthusiasm that has united so many fans of the sport. |
Contributor Bio(s): Harrison, Don: - A founding editor of the Greenwich Citizen, Don Harrison has a forty year track record as an award-winning sports editor and columnist. His work has appeared in the New York Times, the Waterbury Republican, the New Haven Journal-Courier, and other publications. He is a member of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) and a contributor to The Official Encyclopedia of Baseball (1968, 1970). He is the author of 25 Years Plus One: Recounting the Meteoric Rise of Fairfield University Basketball. From 1989-2001, he worked for Sacred Heart University, where he founded the Sacred Heart University Magazine, managed the University News Bureau, and was the Director of Sports Information. He was the Director of Advertising and Public Relations for Trans-Lux Corporation from 1981 to 1989 and the official scorer for the Eastern League, Waterbury, CT from 1968 to 1976. |