Root for the Home Team: Minor League Baseball's Most Off-the-Wall Team Names and the Stories Behind Them

by Tim Hagerty, Bill Ripken (Foreword by)

Overview

Delve deep into to the grass roots of baseballs the Minor League and you'll find Cannibals, Shoemakers, and Zephyrs! From the Coal Sox Nation to the Texarkana Casketmakers, Root for the Home Team brings you the most oddly original team names and the stories behind them.

Root for the Home Team includes profiles of more than 150 teams and lists of hundreds more—plus fun facts, action shots, and team logos. Impress your baseball buddies with your depth of knowledge! Did you know?

• The Altoona Curve were dubbed without ever throwing a breaking ball, thanks to local railroad history.
• The Wichita Izzies had a fan so fanatical they named the team after him.
• The Mudville Nine were named after the fictitious team in the poem Casey at the Bat.

Root for the Home Team is a unique book any baseball fan will love.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781604332094
Publisher:	Cider Mill Press
Publication date:	05/08/2012
Edition description:	Original
Pages:	96
Product dimensions:	5.80(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Tim Hagerty has broadcasted professional baseball games for 18 years. He has written hundreds of freelance national baseball articles forBaseball Digest, MLB.com, Sporting News, The Hardball Times, and other publications.

Editorial Reviews

"Root for the Home Team: Minor League Baseball's Most Off-the-Wall Team Names and the Stories Behind Them is a gem of a book that will make you love baseball more than you already do."
—Dirk Hayhurst Major League pitcher and New York Times bestselling author

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