Baseball in Denver

by Matthew Kasper Repplinger II

Overview

Images of Baseball: Baseball in Denver shares the city's prominent role in America's great game. The lore of baseball's first pioneers plays out in a real-life soap opera for this Western city. From the early Hall-of-Fame players to the storied baseball-talent barons of Denver's primitive days, baseball has always been on the forefront of the Denver sports horizon. From Tinker to Satchel Paige to The Babe himself, the Mile High City has been a barnstormer's oasis in a town that was nothing short of the Wild West. The Denver Post Tournament and the rich history of the Denver Bears are highlighted, as well as the many fields and landmarks throughout the city. With the inception of the Colorado Rockies, Denver once again set the stage for big-league baseball, which many of Denver's local baseball legends have been no stranger to.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780738599595
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	05/20/2013
Series:	Images of Baseball
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	6.36(w) x 8.92(h) x 0.39(d)

About the Author

Matthew Kasper Repplinger II works for Major League Baseball as a statistician and serves as the president of the Rocky Mountain Chapter of the Society for American Baseball Research. He is the player-manager of the Denver Browns, Denver's top semiprofessional baseball organization.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 6

Introduction 7

1 Pioneers and Places 9

2 The Denver Post Tournament 43

3 Semipro, Collegiate, Amateur, and Youth 63

4 Denver Bears 91

5 Barnstormers and More Local Legends 109