Ball club owners in the old days liked to think of spring as a time for players to dry out , but drinking generally increased once the fellows reunited at training camp . Money changed hands regularly at poker games , and spring ...
CHAPTER 3 Florida Days On September 19 , 1913 , the president of the St. Louis Browns , Robert L. Hedges , arrived by train at St. Petersburg , Florida , a fishing town of three thousand people , and was met by a deputation from the ...
With a new Introduction by the author, this book vividly brings to life the unique once-a-year relationship between Bradenton, Florida, and its adopted team, the Pittsburgh Pirates. 25 photos.
Follows the players and coaches of the Boston Red Sox baseball team as they practice and play exhibition games during their spring training.
Now the first games of the new season are approaching -- setting the three friends, and their teams, against each other in pursuit of the biggest prize of all: the World Series!
A life-long baseball fan describes spring training with the Pittsburgh Pirates in Bradenton, Florida, in an account filled with interviews, baseball lore, and information on techniques