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Baseball in Omaha (Paperback)
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Baseball in Omaha (Paperback)
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List price R550
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Discovery Miles 4 130
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Professional baseball history in Omaha began in 1869 when the
Cincinnati Red Stockings came to town, besting local teams 65-1 and
56-3, and touching off a barnstorming tradition that would bring Ty
Cobb, Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig and others over the years to League
Park, Brown Park, and Municipal Stadium (later rededicated as
Rosenblatt Stadium). Omaha became part of the Western League in
1895. William "Pa" Rourke's League Park at 20th and Vinton became
Omaha's first municipal ballpark in 1911 and the center of
professional Omaha baseball until its destruction by fire in 1936.
The 1940s and early 1950s saw the Omaha Cardinals play as part of
the Western League and American Association, with the Dodgers
appearing briefly in the early 60s. Since 1969, Omaha has been home
for the Kansas City Royals AAA team. Since 1950, Omaha has hosted
the NCAA College World Series. But Omaha baseball is also about the
sandlots and games played at Riverview Park, Benson Park,
Fontenelle Park, Brown Park, Athletic Park, and Burdette Park;
about the Packing houses, breweries, restaurants, car dealerships,
and insurance companies that have sponsored teams; and about
neighborhood teams battling for bragging rights and the high school
players who were immortalized in Robert Phipps' columns in the
Omaha World Herald.
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