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Baseball in Memphis / Clarence Watkins ; foreword by Jay Gauthreaux.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Watkins, Clarence., Author.
- Series:
- Images of America.
- Images of baseball.
- Images of America
- Images of baseball
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Baseball--Memphis (Tenn.)--History--Pictorial works.
- Baseball.
- Baseball--Memphis (Tenn.)--History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (127 pages) : chiefly illustrations, portraits.
- Place of Publication:
- Charleston, SC : Arcadia Pub., [2012]
- Summary:
- Auto Zone Park, arguably the best minor-league baseball park built in the past 25 years, is nestled in a corner of downtown Memphis. Located across the street from the historic Peabody Hotel and two blocks from Beale Street, Auto Zone opened in 2000 to rave reviews. It is the phoenix that rose from the ashes of Russwood Park. Baseball enthusiasts remember Russwood and the players who roamed the field, like Dazzy Vance, one-arm Pete Gray, Big Klu, and Moonlight Graham. Images of Baseball: Baseball in Memphis highlights the history of the Chicks and the Redbirds and pays homage to the original amateur Chickasaws, the Red Sox, and the Blues.
- Contents:
- The early days
- Russell E. Gardner
- The golden age
- Chickasaws to chicks
- The fire
- The Memphis Red Sox
- The Memphis Blues
- The Chicks return
- The Redbirds and AutoZone Park
- Memphis's favorite sons.
- OCLC:
- 885207966
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