Jeff Guinn:
When Panthers Roared: The Fort Worth Cats and Minor League Baseball (Hardcover) - hardcover
1999, ISBN: 0875652050
[EAN: 9780875652054], Neubuch, [PU: Texas Christian University Press, Fort Worth], Hardcover. From 1889 to 1964, the Fort Worth Panthers — unofficially nicknamed and always known as… More...
[EAN: 9780875652054], Neubuch, [PU: Texas Christian University Press, Fort Worth], Hardcover. From 1889 to 1964, the Fort Worth Panthers — unofficially nicknamed and always known as the Cats — represented the essence of baseball in America. In their early seasons they reflected the outraged pride of the South and West in a bitter rivalry with the northeastern baseball powers, a regional disaffection whose roots stretched back to the Civil War. (The first official baseball game in Texas was played just after the war; the competing Texas teams were nicknamed the Stonewall Jacksons and the R. E. Lees). The Cats franchise was finally dissolved when major league baseball completed its national expansion by placing a team in nearby Arlington. In between, the Cats set professional sports records that have never been equaled, including winning the Texas League title six years in a row and establishing themselves as perhaps the most famous minor league team in baseball history. From vintage Panthers such as power-hitting first baseman Clarence "Big Boy" Kraft and colorful Hall-of-Fame manager Rogers Hornsby to more modern Cats heroes such as Duke Snider, Carl Erskine, and Maury Wills, Fort Worth and the baseball obsessed Southwest formed a high profile partnership that even survived a season when the spectator stands burned one day and the playing field was flooded a week later. Cats fans wouldn't be denied; they sat around the field on folding chairs, and no games were postponed. Partially oral history, When Panthers Roared includes interviews with baseball greats Hank Aaron, Wally Moon, Dick Williams, Maury Wills, and coauthor Bobby Bragan. Williams and Wills were Cats mainstays; Bragan managed the team during its great post-WW II years when baseball guru Branch Rickey madeFort Worth part of the Brooklyn Dodger farm system and stocked it with his finest young athletes. But during the Cats heyday, there were just sixteen major league teams who played out of ten U.S. cities. When Panthers Roared captures the excitement and pride the minor-league Cats brought to Texas and the Southwest. It was a time when, Bobby Bragan insists, "any man lucky enough to be a Fort Worth Cat was as proud of that as he would have been to play for the New York Yankees." When Panthers Roared is lavishly illustrated through the cooperation of Mark Presswood, whose sports collection features Cats memorabilia. Additional short interviews feature the late Joe DiMaggio, Vincent Devaney, and Leo Durocher. "From 1889 to 1964, the Fort Worth Panthers - unofficially nicknamed the "Cats" - represented the essence of baseball in America. The Texas League franchise was dissolved, however, when major-league baseball completed its national expansion by placing a team (now the Rangers) in nearby Arlington, Texas, and when televised events threatened the core of minor-league sport."—BOOK JACKET. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability., Books<
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From 1889 to 1964, the Fort Worth Panthers—unofficially nicknamed and always known as the Cats—represented the essence of baseball in America. In their early seasons they refl… More...
From 1889 to 1964, the Fort Worth Panthers—unofficially nicknamed and always known as the Cats—represented the essence of baseball in America. In their early seasons they reflected the outraged pride of the South and West in a bitter rivalry with the northeastern baseball powers, a regional disaffection whose roots stretched back to the Civil War. (The first official baseball game in Texas was played just after the war; the competing Texas teams were nicknamed the Stonewall Jacksons and the R. E. Lees). The Cats franchise was finally dissolved when major league baseball completed its national expansion by placing a team in nearby Arlington. In between, the Cats set professional sports records that have never been equaled, including winning the Texas League title six years in a row and establishing themselves as perhaps the most famous minor league team in baseball history. From vintage Panthers such as power-hitting first baseman Clarence “Big Boy” Kraft and colorful Hall-of-Fame manager Rogers Hornsby to more modern Cats heroes such as Duke Snider, Carl Erskine, and Maury Wills, Fort Worth and the baseball-obsessed Southwest formed a high profile partnership that even survived a season when the spectator stands burned one day and the playing field was flooded a week later. Cats fans wouldn’t be denied; they sat around the field on folding chairs, and no games were postponed. Partially oral history, When Panthers Roared includes interviews with baseball greats Hank Aaron, Wally Moon, Dick Williams, Maury Wills, and co-author Bobby Bragan. Williams and Wills were Cats mainstays; Bragan managed the team during its great post-WW II years when baseball guru Branch Rickey made Fort Worth part of the Brooklyn Dodger farm system and stocked it with his finest young athletes. But during the Cats heyday, there were just sixteen major league teams who played out of ten U.S. cities. When Panthers Roared captures the excitement and pride the minor-league Cats brought to Texas and the Southwest. It was a time when, Bobby Bragan insists, “any man lucky enough to be a Fort Worth Cat was as proud of that as he would have been to play for the New York Yankees.” When Panthers Roared is lavishly illustrated through the cooperation of Mark Presswood, whose sports collection features Cats memorabilia. Additional short interviews feature the late Joe DiMaggio, Vincent Devaney, and Leo Durocher. Trade Books>Hardcover>Sports>Regional Sports>Regional Team Sports, TCU Press Core >2<
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When Panthers Roared: The Fort Worth Cats and Minor League Baseball - signed or inscribed book
1999, ISBN: 9780875652054
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U.S.A.: Texas Christian University Press, 1999. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Great reference on one of the strongest teams in the Texas League, the Ft. Worth Panthers (… More...
U.S.A.: Texas Christian University Press, 1999. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Great reference on one of the strongest teams in the Texas League, the Ft. Worth Panthers (Cats) with one of a kind photos SIGNED BY WAYNE TERWILLIGER. Dust jacket in protective mylar, Texas Christian University Press, 1999, 4<
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Guinn, Jeff, Bragan, Bobby:
When Panthers Roared: The Fort Worth Cats and Minor League Baseball - hardcover
1999, ISBN: 9780875652054
TEXAS A & M UNIV PR, Gebundene Ausgabe, Auflage: New, 134 Seiten, Publiziert: 1999-10-01T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, 1.8 kg, Verkaufsrang: 120200, USA, Geschichte nach Ländern, Politi… More...
TEXAS A & M UNIV PR, Gebundene Ausgabe, Auflage: New, 134 Seiten, Publiziert: 1999-10-01T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, 1.8 kg, Verkaufsrang: 120200, USA, Geschichte nach Ländern, Politik & Geschichte, Kategorien, Bücher, Sport allgemein, Sport & Fitness, Baseball, Ballsportarten, Format: Illustriert, TEXAS A & M UNIV PR, 1999<
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