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Next year, the second edition of my book, Roadside Baseball, is being released. In addition to the 500 or so historic baseball sites, plaques, museums, markers, memorials, etc. I'm adding about 100 new places.
Given the power of this amazing forum, I thought I'd pose the question--anything in your neck of the weeks you'd like to submit for consideration? A long-forgotten field or marker or something? You'll get a signed copy of the book if it gets used, plus a first edition copy, and print credit of course. I've scoured the country for a couple of years but I know there's more out there--anyway, thanks in advance.
chris
(my email is [email protected])
FYI--if you're not sure about the content, here's the publisher blurb (And both Joe Buck and Ken Burns wrote great forewords)
Book Description
Roadside Baseball is a fascinating read as well as a fantastic travel guide and history book all in one. Baseball’s rich history is celebrated in Cooperstown, N.Y., but it’s only a glimpse of baseball’s storied past. Baseball history lives in the city streets of Brooklyn to the country fields of Iowa. It’s in these places you’ll find birthplaces, shrines, museums, final resting places and out-of-the-way spots where Baseball’s history was made or still is preserved. Buckminster Hotel, (Boston, MA), where the "Black Sox" planned their fix of the ’19 Series; Original "Little League" field and Museum in Willimsport, PA; Birthplace of Jackie Robinson in Cairo, GA; Fayetteville, NC, where Babe Ruth hit his first professional Home Run; Baxter Springs, KS, where Mickey Mantle was discovered by Yankees Scout Tom Greenwade; Kansas City, MO, birthplace and location of the Negro League Hall of Fame; Wrigley Field, Los Angeles, CA, the first stadium named Wrigley Field, 1925 – 1966; Information and selected photos for over 500 baseball historical sights; Regional, state-by-state layout.
Given the power of this amazing forum, I thought I'd pose the question--anything in your neck of the weeks you'd like to submit for consideration? A long-forgotten field or marker or something? You'll get a signed copy of the book if it gets used, plus a first edition copy, and print credit of course. I've scoured the country for a couple of years but I know there's more out there--anyway, thanks in advance.
chris
(my email is [email protected])
FYI--if you're not sure about the content, here's the publisher blurb (And both Joe Buck and Ken Burns wrote great forewords)
Book Description
Roadside Baseball is a fascinating read as well as a fantastic travel guide and history book all in one. Baseball’s rich history is celebrated in Cooperstown, N.Y., but it’s only a glimpse of baseball’s storied past. Baseball history lives in the city streets of Brooklyn to the country fields of Iowa. It’s in these places you’ll find birthplaces, shrines, museums, final resting places and out-of-the-way spots where Baseball’s history was made or still is preserved. Buckminster Hotel, (Boston, MA), where the "Black Sox" planned their fix of the ’19 Series; Original "Little League" field and Museum in Willimsport, PA; Birthplace of Jackie Robinson in Cairo, GA; Fayetteville, NC, where Babe Ruth hit his first professional Home Run; Baxter Springs, KS, where Mickey Mantle was discovered by Yankees Scout Tom Greenwade; Kansas City, MO, birthplace and location of the Negro League Hall of Fame; Wrigley Field, Los Angeles, CA, the first stadium named Wrigley Field, 1925 – 1966; Information and selected photos for over 500 baseball historical sights; Regional, state-by-state layout.
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