Baseball's Canadian-American League

by David Pietrusza, John Thorn (Introduction)

Overview

Born in the Depression, this Class C minor league witnessed the coming of night baseball, World War II, the prosperous postwar years, pioneering racial integration, a deadly competition with television before its final demise. And here are the colorful stories of stars in the making: Bob Lemon, Tommy Lasorda, Al Rosen, Lew Burdette, Frank Malzone, Vic Raschi, Gus Triandos, and "Spec" Shea. Future MLB pennant-winning managers Eddie Sawyer and Mayo Smith. One-armed outfielder Pete Grey. A ball park that miraculously rose from its own ashes. The tragic war death of prospect Billy Southworth Jr. Serial killer Conklyn Meriweather. Plus the Can-Am's unique parish priest league president. Through groundbreaking research and dozens of personal interviews, Baseball's Canadian-American League captures the essence of minor league ball–and life–in a bygone but beloved era.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940185825273
Publisher:	Church & Reid Books
Publication date:	06/24/2022
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	555 KB

About the Author

ABOUT DAVID PIETRUSZA

Award-winning historian David Pietrusza has been called "the undisputed champion of chronicling American Presidential campaigns.” His books include studies of the 1920, 1932, 1936, 1948, and 1960 presidential elections and biographies of Theodore Roosevelt (Independent Publisher Book Awards Silver Medal, US History), gambler Arnold Rothstein (Edgar Award finalist), and Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis (Casey Award winner).
Pietrusza has served as national president of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) and as co-editor of the Total Baseball: The Official Encyclopedia of Major League Baseball.
His other baseball books include:
• Judge and Jury: The Life and Times of Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis (Foreword by Richard Thornburgh)
• Ted Williams: My Life in Pictures (with Ted Williams) (aka Teddy Ballgame)
• Minor Miracles: The Legend and Lure of Minor League Baseball
• Lights On!: The Wild, Century-Long Saga of Night Baseball (Foreword by Enos Slaughter)
• Major Leagues: The Formation, Sometimes Absorption and Mostly Inevitable Demise of 18 Professional Baseball Organizations, 1871 to Present (Foreword by Lee MacPhail)
• Baseball: The Biographical Encyclopedia (co-editor)
• The Total Baseball Catalog: Great Baseball Stuff and How to Buy It (co-editor)
• Total Mets (co-editor)
• Total Braves (co-editor)
• Total Indians (co-editor)

Pietrusza has appeared on NPR, C-SPAN, MSNBC, The Voice of America, The History Channel, AMC, ESPN, and the Fox Sports Channel. He has spoken at the JFK, FDR, Truman, and Coolidge presidential libraries, the National Baseball Hall of Fame, and various universities and festivals.
A former member of the Amsterdam (NY) City Council, he holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in history from the University at Albany, is a Recipient of the 2011 Excellence in Arts & Letters Award of the Alumni Association of the University at Albany, and a charter member of the Greater Amsterdam School District Hall of Fame.

Visit: www.davidpietrusza.com

ABOUT JOHN THORN
John A. Thorn is a German-born sports historian, author, publisher, and cultural commentator. Since March 1, 2011, he has been the Official Baseball Historian for Major League Baseball.