Baseball in Greenville and Spartanburg

by Bob A. Nestor

Overview

Baseball, an important institution in every American town, takes centerfield in the histories of Greenville and Spartanburg, South Carolina. These two cities have hosted some of the most well-known players of all time, from Tommy Lasorda and Chipper Jones to "Shoeless Joe" Jackson, the man who will forever link Greenville and Spartanburg with America's game. Baseball in Greenville and Spartanburg chronicles the diamond game as it has been played in the Carolina Upstate. More than a century of games from the Minor League, Textile League, and Big League clubs, along with high school and collegiate teams, are showcased. An older Joe Jackson still plays ball, a patriotic Joe Anders impresses crowds in the 1940s, and the Greenville Spinners, Greenville Braves, and the Spartanburg Phillies bring the crowds to their feet. The greats teach the game to tomorrow's stars, while tomorrow's stars perfect their talent, all with the Blue Ridge Foothills rising in the distance.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780738515946
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	02/19/2004
Series:	Images of Baseball
Pages:	128
Sales rank:	1,067,124
Product dimensions:	6.50(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.31(d)

About the Author

Bob A. Nestor, a Society of American Baseball Research member and author of the Van Lingle Mungo biography, Pride of Pageland: The Story of One of Baseball's Greatest Pitchers, is a Greenville resident and writing professor. He combines his love of baseball with his singular writing style to promote and preserve the national pastime in the Palmetto State.