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Baseball in Long Beach (Images of Baseball: California) Tom Meigs
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Baseball in Long Beach (Images of Baseball: California)
Tom Meigs
Organized baseball in Long Beach dates to 1910, when
the Long Beach Clothiers of the Southern California
Trolley League played opponents wherever a streetcar could take them. Exhibition games later featured Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio, Bob Feller, and other Major League barnstormers. Homegrown talent includes Baseball Hall of Famers Bob Lemon and Tony Gwynn. Pioneering entrepreneur Bill Feistner built the first accommodating baseball park in 1922 at Redondo Avenue and Stearns Street in the shadow of oil-rich Signal Hill. When ballplayers weren't on the Shell Park diamond, they worked the derricks.
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | April 1, 2008 |
| ISBN13 | 9780738558233 |
| Publishers | Arcadia Publishing |
| Pages | 128 |
| Dimensions | 164 × 9 × 230 mm · 322 g |
| Language | English |
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