Baseball in Altoona: From the Mountain City to the Curve - Hardcover
by David Finoli
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Availability:In StockContributor:David FinoliTheme:Cultural Region/Mid-Atlantic, Geographic Orientation/Pennsylvania, Locality/Altoona, PennsylvaniaPublish date:2/6/2008Pages:130
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Arcadia Publishing Library EditionsISBN-13:9781531635121ISBN-10:1531635121UPC:9781531635121Book Category:Sports & Recreation, HistoryBook Subcategory:Baseball, United StatesBook Topic:History, State & LocalSize:9.61 x 6.69 x 0.38 inchesWeight:0.413Product ID:SC51ZATH6A
For 46 days in the spring of 1884, Altoona had the honor of having a major-league baseball team, the Mountain City. For the next 115 years, despite the fact that baseball flourished here in the form of the game that the men of the Pennsylvania Railroad played, professional baseball floundered as six teams came and six teams left. Finally, in 1999, Altoona proved it could support a professional team when the Curve came to town. Since then, an impressive 10 percent of the town's population has shown up at every game, showing the love the community has for the national pastime.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Arcadia Publishing Library EditionsISBN-13:9781531635121ISBN-10:1531635121UPC:9781531635121Book Category:Sports & Recreation, HistoryBook Subcategory:Baseball, United StatesBook Topic:History, State & LocalSize:9.61 x 6.69 x 0.38 inchesWeight:0.413Product ID:SC51ZATH6A
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