A Six-gun Salute: An Illustrated History of the Houston Colt .45s - Hardcover

Reed, Robert

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0884152839 ISBN 13: 9780884152835

Publisher: Lone Star Books, 1999

Synopsis

From the ramrod effort to bring big-league baseball to Houston to the last game in swampy Colt Stadium, A Six-Gun Salute tells the story of the first major-league baseball team in the South.
The Colt .45s played in the shadow of the Astrodome as it rose from an adjacent salt marsh and struggled gamely using a roster made up of castoffs, retreads, and misfits assembled from a 1961 expansion pool. General manager Paul Richards labeled "the biggest swindle since the Black Sox." Although their three-year lifespan was only a short-lived prequel to the era of cushioned seats and exploding scoreboards that would soon transform baseball's landscape forever, the Colt .45s carved their own infamous legend.

About this title

Synopsis:

The story of big-league baseball in the Bayou City before the Astrodome, the world's first indoor stadium. From the ramrod effort to get Houston into the majors to the last game played in swampy Colt Stadium, the book seeks to bring the colour and character of those early years back to life. It features photographs and interviews with ex-Colt .45 players, and is based heavily on Colt .45 archives.

About this edition

• Publisher: Lone Star Books
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0884152839
• ISBN 13: 9780884152835
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 266