The 1957 PCL season faced uncertainty about the impending "invasion of major league baseball" in 1958. While the meetings, wheeling and dealing and politics took place off the diamond, the historic San Francisco Seals, a charter member of the Golden Era of the league, 1903-1957, played baseball and clinched the pennant two days before the season ended. We follow this team one game at a time as players faced historic rivals from spring training through the final game of the era.
Readers experience minor league baseball as it was more than fifty years ago when there were no agents, next year's contract was based on this year's performance, and PCL teams consisted of a blend of major league veterans and minor leaguers on the cusp. The Pacific Coast League was no ordinary league, the Seals were no ordinary team, and 1957 was no ordinary season.
Sprache
Verlagsort
Zielgruppe
Interest Age: From 18 years
Produkt-Hinweis
Illustrationen
45 photos, appendix, bibliography, index
Maße
Höhe: 229 mm
Breite: 152 mm
Dicke: 14 mm
Gewicht
ISBN-13
978-0-7864-6545-3 (9780786465453)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
P.J. Dragseth is a member of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR), a former secondary school teacher, and writer for a small local newspaper. She lives in Rogue River, Oregon.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments deleteix
Foreword by Ken Aspromonte
Preface
One. Play Ball! The Birth of Pro
Baseball on the Paci?c Coast
Two. Spring Training
Three. April
Four. May
Five. June
Six. July
Seven. August
Eight. September
Epilogue
The 1957 San Francisco Seals Roster
Appendix: The Seals by the Numbers
Bibliography
Index
