They Came to Play - A Photographic History of Colorado Baseball (Paperback, New)

Over one hundred and thirty years ago, pioneers arriving in Colorado during the Civil War era brought the game of baseball to the high and dry Rocky Mountains frontier. From the days of games in pastures with no gloves to the high drama of Coors Field and the Colorado Rockies, baseball and Coloradans have had a love affair that has continued to flourish over the decades. In THEY CAME TO PLAY, historians and avid baseball fans Duane Smith and Mark Foster have collected the finest historic baseball photographs of teams, players, and games from around the state. They are all here, the town teams, company teams, early professional clubs, and the ethnic teams that made baseball an integral part of the life and times in Colorado's mountain towns, prairie hamlets, and bustling frontier cities. Combined with the wonderful photographs and captions is an essay that brings baseball's rich heritage in Colorado to life for the reader.

General

Imprint:	University Press of Colorado
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	April 1997
First published:	April 1997
Authors:	Duane A. Smith • Mark S. Foster
Dimensions:	254 x 178 x 7mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	104
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-87081-433-4
Categories:	Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > Ball games > Baseball
LSN:	0-87081-433-8
Barcode:	9780870814334

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