Kansas baseball / Michael J. Travis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Travis, Michael J., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Baseball--Kansas--History.

Baseball.

Baseball--Social aspects--Kansas--History.

Physical Description:

158 pages : illustrations, photographs, portraits ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Charleston, SC : The History Press,

Summary:

Baseball has long been synonymous with Kansas. Go back to the late 1800s and the birth of Walter Johnson and George Sweatt, Humboldt kids who played baseball at the highest level but in different leagues due to racism. Learn about the sixteen-year-old signed by the Kansas City Athletics, who left the University of Kansas campus to play his first game at Municipal Stadium the next day. Read about pioneers in the game named Joyce, Katie and Alex, determined and talented women who are part of our national pastime. Author Michael Travis shares his love for the game, rounding the bases from its beginnings in Wichita with League 42 to the Major Leagues.

Contents:

Introduction

1. I make home runs!

2. "The thing just hissed with danger"

3. Love for the game

4. Baseball's Barnum

5. 405 South Tenth Street

6. "I feel like I stepped onto another planet

7. "This is going to be something that nobody is going to believe"

8. Kansas boys, big-league ballplayers

9. "Bill James eats and breathes diamond dust"

10. The unofficial Kansas college all

star election

11. "I'll cherish this the rest of my life"

12. Crossing home plate.

Notes:

Includes bibliography.

ISBN:

9781467158749

1467158747

OCLC:

1483027913

Publisher Number:

90101997654