Baseball in Altoona Baseball in Altoona

Baseball in Altoona

From the Mountain City to the Curve

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Publisher Description

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.

GENRE
History
RELEASED
2008
February 6
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
128
Pages
PUBLISHER
Arcadia Publishing Inc.
SELLER
INscribe Digital
SIZE
43.7
MB

Customer Reviews

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Baseball in Altoona

Outstanding look at the history of baseball in this town which goes beyond the curve. A worthwhile purchase.

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