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San Antonio at Bat: Professional Baseball in the Alamo City
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From the first Play ball! of each spring through the hot days of summer, minorleague teams across the nation give local fans a chance to relax and enjoy the national pastime, to preview tomorrows stars, and to root, root, root for the home team.In this story of professional baseball in the Alamo City from 1888 to the present, San Antonio ExpressNews sportswriter David King hits the highlightsathletic and humanthat have filled the citys diamonds for 115 years. He tells about the team that left Austin on a road trip and never returneddeciding to make San Antonio its home base instead; about San Antonios first two black Texas League players, whose story was less dramatic but no less difficult than Jackie Robinsons; about Harry Ables, the freak of nature who holds the leagues oldest singleseason record, 310 strikeouts in 1910; and about the longest scoreless game in professional baseball history, the 25inning duel against the Jackson Mets at V. J. Keefe Field in 1988.King not only tells the stories that have driven the nations fascination with baseball but also gives the box scores and baseball statistics that fans love. Through losing seasons and the 2002 Texas League Championship alike, his stories and stats will entertain fans waiting for the next ump to call Steeerike three!
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