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Title: The Pacific Coast League, 1903-1988 by Bill O'Neal, Melissa Roberts ISBN: 0890157766 Publisher: Eakin Publications Pub. Date: 1990 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5
Rating: 5
Summary: PCL Aficianado
Comment: My first experience with the PCL was in 1955 when my father took me to an Oakland Oaks vs. L.A. Angels game at the old Oaks ballpark in Emeryville. I was immediately "hooked" on Coast League ball and I spent the rest of the summer with my buddies attending as many games as possible. Unfortunately not too many other fans went to the games so at the end of the season the Oaks moved to Vancouver. My team moved away before I really got to know them but the memories of that one summer still spark an interest in the old Coast League to this very day. Bill O'Neal's book is well written as it chronicles the history of the Coast League decade by decade. For someone like myself who was exposed to Coast League ball for such a short period of time, Mr. O'Neal's book fills in a lot of the history that I missed out on. The statistics throughout the book are impressive and in my opinion the most complete of any book I have read on the PCL. One other area of the book that I found to be unique was the section that discusses all of the cities that had PCL franchises. I didn't realize there were so many. I highly recommend this book to anyone who is interested in learning more about the history of the PCL and our baseball heritage on the West Coast.
Rating: 5
Summary: Great History of the PCL!
Comment: There are now several excellent books out that document the history of this league. This book, which was among the first is no exception. The PCL during its first half century signed and "farmed out" its own players and sometimes made money by "selling" the contracts of some players to interested major league teams.
This book describes the league's history decade by decade through the late 1980's. It also discusses the PCL's attempt to become the "third major league" in the early 1950's, only to have that dream dashed forever when major league baseball "moved" to California in 1958, and how the league eventually "rebounded" in the 1980's.
The book also talks about some of the PCL's greatest teams, including the 1934 Los Angeles Angels (who some claim was the best minor league team ever), some of the great San Francisco Seals teams, the 1948 Oakland Oaks team, etc.
The book finishes with an extensive section of individual PCL yearly leaders. This book is a fascinating read. Any baseball history and or minor league fans will find it enjoyable.
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Title: Runs, Hits, and an Era: The Pacific Coast League, 1903-58 by Paul J. Zingg, Mark D. Medeiros ISBN: 025206402X Publisher: Univ of Illinois Pr (Trd) Pub. Date: 1994 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The Pacific Coast League: A Statistical History, 1903-1957 by Dennis Snelling ISBN: 0786400455 Publisher: McFarland & Company Pub. Date: 1995 List Price(USD): $29.50 |
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Title: Useful Idiots: How Liberals Got It Wrong in the Cold War and Still Blame America First by Mona Charen ISBN: 0895261391 Publisher: Regnery Publishing Pub. Date: 2003 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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