Baseball in Erie (Images of Baseball) - Softcover

Vatavuk, Mark K; Marshall, Richard E

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0738536911 ISBN 13: 9780738536910

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC), 2005

Synopsis

Erie has had a love affair with professional baseball since the 1880s, though it has been an on-again off-again relationship. Whatever they were called the Olympics, Blackbirds, Sailors, or SeaWolves the Flagship City s teams have thrilled fans and won championships. However, many of those local nines faded away, leaving behind memories and empty ballparks. Baseball in Erie is a tribute to the men who brought baseball to this region of Pennsylvania: ambidextrous pitcher Tony Mullane; infielder Louis Bierbauer, the original Pittsburgh Pirate; Sam the Jet Jethroe; Turkey Mike Donlin; Todd Zeile, the record-setting nomadic major-leaguer; and Jose Guillen, the first SeaWolves hero. Through photographs and memorabilia, Baseball in Erie reaches out to fans of the national pastime, especially those who were jammed into the rafters of Ainsworth Field and now bask in the beauty of Jerry Uht Park."

About this title

About the Author:

Mark K. Vatavuk, a former associate team physician for the SeaWolves, is a member of the Society for American Baseball Research and a resident of Erie. Richard E. Marshall, an Erie native, is a baseball historian and longtime minor-league fan.

About this edition

• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0738536911
• ISBN 13: 9780738536910
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128