Hometown Hardball (eBook)

A Minor League Baseball Road Trip from the Rocky Shores of Maine to the Bright Lights of New York City

Tim Healey (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2017 | 1st Edition
192 Seiten
Globe Pequot (Verlag)
978-1-4930-2859-7 (ISBN)

Infos

Grab a Zweigles White Hot at Dwyer Stadium (built in 1939) and cheer on the Batavia Muckdogs. Join B.B. the Bluefish as he warms up the crowd at Bridgeports Ballpark at Harbor Yard. Take in the view of Coney Island from the upper deck of MCU Park, home of the Brooklyn Cyclones. Watch from a box seat in Pawtucket as top Red Sox prospects try to make it to the bigs. . . . Its all part of minor league baseball in the Northeast.This book conveys the essence of the sport--from the sublime (summer nights under the lights cheering for a hometown team) to the ridiculous (racing bagels, cowboy monkeys, garish alternate uniforms--by visiting 27 minor league ballparks through the Northeast. It offers both a visitors guide and an appealing narrative, covering the particulars of each venue--who plays there and when, how to get there, where to sit and what to eat--and describing what makes each park, and each team and town, special.It also offers a bit of history of the parks--the legends who played there and the great games they hosted.From Portland, Maine (home of the Sea Dogs) to Altoona, Pennsylvania (home of the Curve), this book features Triple-A, Double-A, and Single-A action from every part of the region.

Autor

Tim Healey is writer/editorial producer for the sports website "Sports on Earth," sports correspondent for the Boston Globe, and contributor to MLB.com. During the 2014 season, he served as associate MLB.com reporter covering the New York Mets. He lives in Brookline, Massachusetts.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 30.6.2017
• Zusatzinfo: 129 Illustrations including: - 125 Halftones, Color including Color Photographs; - 4 Maps.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Ballsport
• Themenwelt: Reisen ► Reiseführer
• Schlagworte: Allentown Iron Pigs • Altoona Curve • Auburn Doubledays • Batavia Muckdogs • Binghamton Mets • Brooklyn Cyclones • Buffalo Bison • Burlington Lake Monsters • Erie SeaWolves • Harrisburg Senators • Hartford Yard Goats • Lakewood BlueClaws • Lowell Spinners • Manchester Fisher Cats • Minor League Baseball • minor league stadiums • New England baseball • Norwich Tigers • Pawtucket Red Sox • Portland Sea Dogs • Reading Fightin' Phils • Rochester Red Wings • Scranton/Wilkes Barre Rail Riders • Staten Island Yankees • Syracuse Chiefs • Trenton Thunder • Troy Valleycats • Wappingers Falls Renegades • Williamsport CrossCutters
• ISBN-10: 1-4930-2859-6 / 1493028596
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4930-2859-7 / 9781493028597