The Golden Game: The Story of California Baseball
The Golden Game presents in words and pictures 150 years of baseball history, from sandlot ball in the 1850s and the Pacific Coast League to the western arrival of the Dodgers, Giants, Angels, Athletics, and Padres. Here is a stirring, colorfully written narrative about the state that has been the birthplace and proving ground for more Major Leaguers than any other, including Joe DiMaggio, Ted Williams, and Jackie Robinson. Blending U.S. and California history as a backdrop to a narrative rich with anecdotes, The Golden Game reveals the significant impact that California has had on baseball history.

Written not just for Californians but for all baseball fans, The Golden Game goes beyond its geographic boundaries to tell the fascinating saga of California baseball and how it has indelibly shaped the national pastime.

Kevin Nelson is the award-winning author of nineteen books. He spent three years researching and writing The Golden Game, traveling around California to uncover the state's storied baseball past. Hank Greenwald is a former Major League Baseball announcer who was for many years the voice of the San Francisco Giants.
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The Golden Game: The Story of California Baseball
The Golden Game presents in words and pictures 150 years of baseball history, from sandlot ball in the 1850s and the Pacific Coast League to the western arrival of the Dodgers, Giants, Angels, Athletics, and Padres. Here is a stirring, colorfully written narrative about the state that has been the birthplace and proving ground for more Major Leaguers than any other, including Joe DiMaggio, Ted Williams, and Jackie Robinson. Blending U.S. and California history as a backdrop to a narrative rich with anecdotes, The Golden Game reveals the significant impact that California has had on baseball history.

Written not just for Californians but for all baseball fans, The Golden Game goes beyond its geographic boundaries to tell the fascinating saga of California baseball and how it has indelibly shaped the national pastime.

Kevin Nelson is the award-winning author of nineteen books. He spent three years researching and writing The Golden Game, traveling around California to uncover the state's storied baseball past. Hank Greenwald is a former Major League Baseball announcer who was for many years the voice of the San Francisco Giants.
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The Golden Game: The Story of California Baseball

The Golden Game: The Story of California Baseball

The Golden Game: The Story of California Baseball

The Golden Game: The Story of California Baseball

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Overview

The Golden Game presents in words and pictures 150 years of baseball history, from sandlot ball in the 1850s and the Pacific Coast League to the western arrival of the Dodgers, Giants, Angels, Athletics, and Padres. Here is a stirring, colorfully written narrative about the state that has been the birthplace and proving ground for more Major Leaguers than any other, including Joe DiMaggio, Ted Williams, and Jackie Robinson. Blending U.S. and California history as a backdrop to a narrative rich with anecdotes, The Golden Game reveals the significant impact that California has had on baseball history.

Written not just for Californians but for all baseball fans, The Golden Game goes beyond its geographic boundaries to tell the fascinating saga of California baseball and how it has indelibly shaped the national pastime.

Kevin Nelson is the award-winning author of nineteen books. He spent three years researching and writing The Golden Game, traveling around California to uncover the state's storied baseball past. Hank Greenwald is a former Major League Baseball announcer who was for many years the voice of the San Francisco Giants.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780803283954
Publisher: UNP - Bison Books
Publication date: 07/01/2015
Pages: 456
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Kevin Nelson is the award-winning author of nineteen books. He spent three years researching and writing The Golden Game, traveling around California to uncover the state’s storied baseball past. Hank Greenwald is a former Major League Baseball announcer who was for many years the voice of the San Francisco Giants.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations

Foreword

Introduction

1. The Seed Is Planted

2. Stagecoach Baseball

3. Enter the Professionals

4. How Casey Advanced to the Bat

5. Train Ride South

6. From Robinson to Lange to Chance

7. A Brand-New Ballgame

8. A Ballpark Blooms in San Francisco

9. The Los Angeles Mix, Winter 1908

10. Schoolboys

11. Playgrounds

12. A Left-Hander for the Oaks

13. There Was a Crooked Man

14. The Pride of Their Community

15. Babe Ruth in California

16. An Experiment in Sound and Light

17. Barnstormers

18. In the Shadows of War

19. Joe, Ted, Jackie

20. War Games

21. Breakthrough

22. Golden Boys

23. In a Corner of the United States

24. Casey, Billy, and the Yanks

25. Brown Derby Baseball

26. They Changed the Game

27. Los Angeles Dodgers vs. San Francisco Giants, April 1958

28. The Last Days of Ty Cobb

29. The Cowboy Rides In

30. The Next Generation

31. 1969

Epilogue

Acknowledgments

Source Notes

Bibliography

Index

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