Gateway to the Majors: Williamsport and Minor League Baseball
Gateway to the Majors: Williamsport and Minor League Baseball (A Keystone Book ®) by Louis E. Hunsinger
English | June 7, 2001 | ISBN: 0271020989 | 207 Pages | PDF | 2 MB
English | June 7, 2001 | ISBN: 0271020989 | 207 Pages | PDF | 2 MB
Although many people know Williamsport, Pennsylvania, as the "birthplace of Little League Baseball," it is a city with a rich professional baseball tradition. Since the earliest days of the Pennsylvania State Association in the nineteenth century, professional minor league baseball has flourished in Williamsport, and over the years hundreds of players and managers have passed through historic Bowman Field on their way to the major leagues, including Jim Bunning, Ferguson Jenkins, and Nolan Ryan. Gateway to the Majors is a comprehensive history of professional minor league baseball in Williamsport from the earliest days up until the present.
This book breaks new ground by weaving in social history and collective biography to capture the essence of the minor league experience in one city. Drawing upon local Williamsport newspapers, extensive oral histories of former players, baseball administrators, boosters and fans, rare photograph collections, and primary source material from the Baseball Hall of Fame Library and Archives, Gateway to the Majors reconstructs the totality of the professional baseball experience.