The year was 1936. The Depression was at its height. San Diego--then considered nothing more than a sleepy border town--had always desired to become a "big city." Securing a major professional baseball franchise would be the first step in fulfilling this dream.
Finally, San Diego took that first step by securing a team in the fabled Pacific Coast League. After a community-wide contest, the team was christened the San Diego Padres. That team turned out to be not only an interesting ballclub, but also a very good one. In retrospect, the club was even more remarkable. Two of its players--Bobby Doerr and Ted Williams, aka "The Kid"--became members of the Natinal Baseball Hall of Fame. They had one of the DiMaggio brothers roaming the outfield. Another outfielder played alongside Babe Ruth on the 1927 Yankees. To quote Bobby Doerr: "It was quite a team."
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San Diego's First Padres and "The Kid": The Story of the Remarkable 1936 San Diego Padres and Ted Williams' Professional Baseball Debut

Sports & Outdoors

Larwin, Tom

Bauer, Carlos

Boyle, et al. Dan

Baseball

Montezuma Publishing

Cries from a Wounded Madrid: Poetry of the Spanish Civil War (English and Spanish Edition)

Poems by sixteen Spanish authors portray the impact of the Civil War on the people of Spain

Swallow Pr

Literature & Fiction

Poetry

Two avant-garde plays deal with passion, narcissism, superficiality, treachery, deceit, duplicity, violence, and death

The Public and Play Without a Title: Two Posthumous Plays (English and Spanish Edition)

Garcia-Lorca,Federico

Humor & Entertainment

New Directions

As a major-league baseball Hall of Famer, there is little doubt that Ted Williams was the greatest hitter of his era. THE KID presents the story of Williams' formative years, the years before he made it to the major leagues. From Mexican-American and English-Welsh roots, and from a broken home, this child of the Depression determined to become "the greatest hitter who ever lived" and many feel he accomplished his goal. This book presents the perspectives of eight authors--representing the Ted Williams Chapter of the Society for American Baseball Research, the SABR chapter based in San Diego. The authors write about Ted's family roots, his sandlot ball, high school play and his seasons with the Pacific Coast League and American Association teams before, at age 20, he joined the Boston Red Sox and began his career in big league baseball.

The Kid: Ted Williams in San Diego

THORNLEY, STEW

Nowlin, Bill

Swank, Bill

Boyle, Dan

Naiman, Joe

Walker, G. Jay

Smith III, James D.

Biographies & Memoirs

Rounder Books

SABR Guide to Minor League Statistics, Third Edition

McConnell, Bob

Benesch, John Jr.

Society for American Baseball Research

Krupskaya: acepções históricas e a práxis política de uma educadora revolucionária (1869-1939) (Portuguese Edition)

Education & Teaching

Delcorso, Isabella

Pereira, Cacau

Schools & Teaching

Independently published

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