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Cleburne baseball : a Railroader history / Scott Cain ; foreword by Ivan "Pudge" Rodriguez.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cain, Scott, author.
- Series:
- Sports Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cleburne Railroaders (Baseball team)--History.
- Cleburne Railroaders (Baseball team).
- Baseball--Texas--Cleburne--History.
- Baseball.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (159 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Charleston, South Carolina : The History Press, 2017.
- Summary:
- Shortly after Cleburne landed the largest railroad shops west of the Mississippi, it set its sights on securing a professional baseball team.Against the odds, Cleburne became a Texas League town in 1906.After the first championship, the Railroaders loaded a train and left Cleburne.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Foreword, by Iván "Pudge" Rodríguez
- Pregame
- First Inning: Come and Take It
- Second Inning: Arrival of Professional Baseball
- Third Inning: The Improbable Championship
- Fourth Inning: The Disputed Champions
- Fifth Inning: Railroaded by Insufficient Funding
- Sixth Inning: Prohibition Didn't Stop the March to the Cellar
- Seventh Inning: A Rally Was Impossible
- Eighth Inning: The Forgotten Boys of Summer
- Ninth Inning: Little League Dreams to Big-League Reality
- Extra Innings: Resurrecting the Railroaders
- Appendix
- Notes
- About the Author.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-4396-5947-8
- OCLC:
- 1098631873
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