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Book Synopsis American Legion Baseball by : William E. Akin
Download or read book American Legion Baseball written by William E. Akin and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2021-12-15 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the wake of the 1919 White Sox scandal and the suspension for life of eight players, baseball saw a precipitous decline in popularity, especially among America's youth. To combat this, a group of World War I veterans who were members of the newly formed American Legion created an organization to promote teenage interest in baseball. Led by John L. Griffith, who became the first commissioner of the Big Ten Conference, the Legion undertook the revival of baseball. In the 1920s and through the Great Depression and World War II, Legion baseball grew steadily. By 1950 it had become the principal training ground for major league players, boasting at its peak more than 16,000 teams across the country. Tracing the long history of this uniquely American institution, this work details each year's American Legion World Series and the ups and downs of participation over nearly a century.
Book Synopsis Swinging for the Fences by : Carl Maggio
Download or read book Swinging for the Fences written by Carl Maggio and published by . This book was released on 2016-06-18 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How American Legion Baseball transformed a group of boys into a team of men.
Book Synopsis Proceedings of ... National Convention of the American Legion by : American Legion. Annual National Convention
Download or read book Proceedings of ... National Convention of the American Legion written by American Legion. Annual National Convention and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Swinging for the Fences by : Carl Paul Maggio
Download or read book Swinging for the Fences written by Carl Paul Maggio and published by . This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2008, the surviving members of the Crenshaw Post 715 American Legion team gathered in Sedona, Arizona, to honor the memory of Billy Consolo. Stories of their fallen teammate opened a door to cherished memories of time spent together in childhood, learning the game of life through the game of baseball. With no adults to supervise them in the playgrounds and sandlots, Carl Paul Maggio and his friends grew to understand the principles of fair play. As teenagers, they thrived under the eccentric guidance of Benny Lefebvre, a gentle but fiercely determined coach who transformed the untamed boys, including future Hall of Famer Sparky Anderson, into a band of skillful, resourceful ballplayers. And when they competed with more than sixteen thousand teams for the 1951 American Legion World Baseball Championship, they discovered the greatest prize of all: a lifetime of enduring friendships. Swinging for the Fences will transport you to a simpler place and time in our country's history, when kids were allowed to be kids, and baseball was a game of integrity and simplicity.
Book Synopsis Proceedings of ... National Convention of the American Legion by : American Legion. National Convention
Download or read book Proceedings of ... National Convention of the American Legion written by American Legion. National Convention and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Spartan AC written by Vin DiNunno and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A portrayal of the 1980 Spartan Athletic Club baseball team and the young men who overcame adversities to journey on and become Massachusetts Legion champions.
Book Synopsis Proceedings of ... National Executive Committee of the American Legion by : American Legion. National Executive Committee
Download or read book Proceedings of ... National Executive Committee of the American Legion written by American Legion. National Executive Committee and published by . This book was released on 2008-10-15 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis An Inning at a Time by : Mel Machuca
Download or read book An Inning at a Time written by Mel Machuca and published by . This book was released on 2010-12 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Inning at a Time is about a small-town Indiana baseball team that won the American Legion Baseball National Championship in 1977. It chronicles the improbable path of one team's journey that changed ordinary into extraordinary. It's an account of a group of young athletes coming of age - who dared to be winners and for one glorious season to live a dream by substituting passion for lack of size and who had the heart to overcome their fear of failure and outplay teams with bigger, stronger and more exceptional athletes. Our story is a message to coaches, players and parents that any team that is willing to do the work and play for today can win this tournament. It doesn't take superstars; it takes consistency and coaches trusting each player to reach his full potential: the same today as it was then. This team remains the only National Champion from Indiana in the 83-year history of American Legion Baseball.
Book Synopsis Batter Up! by : Harold Morrow Sherman
Download or read book Batter Up! written by Harold Morrow Sherman and published by . This book was released on 1930 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Batter Up by : Harold Morrow Sherman
Download or read book Batter Up written by Harold Morrow Sherman and published by Literary Licensing, LLC. This book was released on 2011-10-01 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Baseball in a Grain of Sand by : Bill Gruber
Download or read book Baseball in a Grain of Sand written by Bill Gruber and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2018-07-26 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part sports journalism, part history, part memoir, this many-sided narrative follows one season with the Blue Devils of Moscow, Idaho--a rural American Legion baseball team. Showcasing baseball's enduring place in American life, the author draws on the lore of the game, and conversations with diverse fans and players--an outdoorsman juggling his son's schedule of games with bear hunting; a bewildered German college student, holding a baseball for the first time; former St. Louis Cardinal pitcher & Yale baseball coach John Stuper; the proud owner of a Derek Jeter jersey in Hokendauqua, Pennsylvania, to name a few.
Book Synopsis Summary of Proceedings of the ... National Convention of the American Legion by : American Legion. National Convention
Download or read book Summary of Proceedings of the ... National Convention of the American Legion written by American Legion. National Convention and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis National American Legion Baseball Week by : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary
Download or read book National American Legion Baseball Week written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Love of Baseball by : Paul Adomites
Download or read book The Love of Baseball written by Paul Adomites and published by Publications International. This book was released on 2007-04-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Turning Baseball Upside Down by : Alex Gaynes
Download or read book Turning Baseball Upside Down written by Alex Gaynes and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2020-01-13 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a story about life and baseball, or maybe about baseball and life by a confessed baseball coaching lifer whose every attempt to retire has failed. So I decided to write about it. After all, it’s like my wife tells me, just tell stories. So that’s what I have done. The problem is, that every time we talk, we are reminded that there is another story to tell. At lunch today with sons Josh and Carl (who both played for me, though not always willingly) we were reminded of the Legion season that Josh caught a full season of double headers unbeknownst to us with a cracked bone in his ankle. While eating I received a text from son, Rusty (who like Josh, also coached with me) coaches an MSBL team in Phoenix. He is having a terrible season, and has entertained thoughts of retiring. I sent him a draft of this manuscript today, and received this text while eating lunch: “I’ve been ready to quit coaching after this season. After reading chapter 1, I am not ever quitting!” Thanks, Rusty. I hope you like this.
Book Synopsis Yorkie Doodle Dandy by : William Wynne
Download or read book Yorkie Doodle Dandy written by William Wynne and published by . This book was released on 2022-03-29 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Yorkie Doodle Dandy is Corporal William A. Wynne's original story about Smoky, a tiny Yorkshire Terrier dog found in a New Guinea foxhole during World War II. Smoky helped save the lives of servicemen who were faced with imminent airfield attack. Smoky is credited internationally for her therapy work in hospitals and care facilities.
Book Synopsis Baseball's Last Great Scout by : Dan Austin
Download or read book Baseball's Last Great Scout written by Dan Austin and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2018-08-01 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Late in 1937 Hugh Alexander, a kid fresh out of small-town Oklahoma, had just finished his second year playing outfield for the Cleveland Indians when an oil rig accident ripped off his left hand. Within three months he was back with the Indians, but this time as a scout--the youngest ever in Major League history. In the next six decades he signed more players who made it to the Majors than any other scout. His story, Baseball's Last Great Scout, reads like a backroom, bleacher-seat history of twentieth-century baseball--and a primer on what it takes to find a winner. It gives a gritty picture of learning the business on the road, from American Legion field to try-out camp to beer joint, and making the fine distinctions between "performance" and "tools of the trade" when checking out prospects. Over the years Alexander worked for the Indians, the White Sox, the LA Dodgers, the Phillies, and the Cubs--and signed the likes of Allie Reynolds, Don Sutton, and Marty Bystrom. This book, based on extensive interviews and Alexander's journals, is filled with memorable characters, pithy lessons, snapshots of American life, and a big picture of America's pastime from one of its great off-the-field players.
