Spring training in Bradenton and Sarasota / Raymond Sinibaldi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sinibaldi, Raymond., Author.

Series:

Images of America.

Images of baseball.

Images of America

Images of baseball

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spring training (Baseball)--Florida--Bradenton--Pictorial works.

Spring training (Baseball).

Spring training (Baseball)--Florida--Sarasota--Pictorial works.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (127 pages) : chiefly illustrations, portraits.

Place of Publication:

Charleston, SC : Arcadia Pub., [2013]

Summary:

McKechnie Field in Bradenton, Florida, is the oldest active major-league spring-training facility in the country. Opened in the spring of 1923 with Commissioner Keneshaw Mountain Landis in attendance, it has played host to six different major-league teams, with the Pittsburgh Pirates calling it home since 1969. The New York Giants traveled to Sarasota in 1924 as the first of five teams to venture to its confines. These two cities, both situated on the Gulf Coast of Florida, boast nearly a century of baseball history and have seen the game's all-time greats.

Contents:

Bill "the deacon" McKechnie

From Bradentown Ball Park to McKechnie Field

Payne Park

Ed Smith Stadium.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 127).

OCLC:

885210163