Left on Base in the Bush Leagues - Legends, Near Greats, and Unknowns in the Minors

This book profiles minor league legends from baseball's golden era, as well as many unknown players and gifted storytellers. Newspaper and magazine stories are interwoven with comments gleaned from some 200 player interviews, many of them dating back to the 1970s, creating a colorful tapestry of baseball and the times.

About the author

Gaylon H. White was a sportswriter for the Denver Post, Arizona Republic and Oklahoma Journal before working in the corporate world for nearly forty years. He is the author of The Bilko Athletic Club: The Story of the 1956 Los Angeles Angels (2014) and Singles and Smiles: How Artie Wilson Broke Baseball's Color Barrier (2018), and co-author with Ransom Jackson of Handsome Ransom Jackson: Accidental Big Leaguer (2016), all published by Rowman & Littlefield.

Product details

• Authors: Gaylon H White, Gaylon H. White
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2019
• EAN: 9781538123652
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-2365-2
• No. of pages: 380
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > Ball sport; Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; USA, Baseball, SPORTS & RECREATION / Baseball / General, Social & cultural history, SPORTS & RECREATION / Baseball / History, history of sport