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Download ebook Bridgeport Baseball

Download ebook Bridgeport Baseball

Bridgeport Baseball.cMichael J Bielawa
Bridgeport Baseball
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Author: Michael J Bielawa
Page Count: 128 pages
Published Date: 01 Aug 2003
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
Publication Country: Charleston, SC, United States
Language: English
Type: PDF
ISBN: 9780738512013
File size: 41 Mb
Download Link: bridgeport baseball
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Bridgeport, Connecticut, owns a rich and diverse baseball history. People from varied backgrounds stepped up to the plate in Bridgeport's early years-sons of Irish immigrants, laborers and merchants, Asian and Latino players, and some of the first African Americans to play professional ball. Local baseball truly blossomed with "Orator" Jim O'Rourke, who returned from the big leagues and organized the Connecticut State Baseball League in 1895. Numerous Bridgeport teams evolved, including the Victors, Mechanics, Bolts, Americans, and Bears. Bridgeport Baseball traces the game from the post-Civil War era to today. Baseball beneath the roaring smokestacks of industrial Bridgeport included visits by barnstorming Major League and Negro League teams, future Hall of Famers, and a train wreck that almost killed the St. Louis Cardinals. The smokestacks are silent now, yet the legacy of Bridgeport baseball continues to evolve with the city's first professional club in nearly half a century-the Bridgeport Bluefish. The team, owners, staff, fans, and stadium have all contributed to restoring the living history that is Bridgeport Baseball.

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