Overview
Step onto the field and bear witness to baseball's outsized impact on Florida's Sunshine City.
Full Product Details
Author: Rick Vaughn ,
Tim Kurkjian
Publisher: History Press
Imprint: History Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.00cm
, Height: 1.00cm
, Length: 22.60cm
Weight: 0.340kg
ISBN: 9781467152860
ISBN 10: 1467152862
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 01 August 2022
Audience:
General/trade
,
General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
It's a fascinating story. If you're a baseball fan and or even if you just appreciate the history of the Tampa Bay Area, I strongly, strongly recommend it. --Paul Porter WGUL radio and voice of the Tampa Bay Lightning and Orlando Magic A baseball book with Rick Vaughn and Tim Kurkjian on the cover? Put me down for a dozen! This is an essential addition to any fan's sports library. Mark Hyman, Director Shirley Povich Center for Sports Journalism A love letter to spring training.-- Andrew Maraniss is a New York Times-bestselling author As a baseball fan who loved my days at Al Lang, thank you Rick for pulling this work together. An obvious labor of love. Well done. Scott Reifert Senior Vice President, Communications, Chicago White Sox Love this book by Rick. The facts and stories he dug up are amazing. But of course they are. It's Rick! Jayson Stark While 100 Years of Baseball on St. Petersburg's Waterfront is packed with stats, facts, quotes and anecdotes - all related in a breezy, enjoyable style - it is, more than anything, a testament to the will and charisma of Albert Fielding Lang. St. Petersburg Catalyst
A baseball book with Rick Vaughn and Tim Kurkjian on the cover? Put me down for a dozen! This is an essential addition to any fan's sports library. Mark Hyman, Director Shirley Povich Center for Sports Journalism A love letter to spring training.-- Andrew Maraniss is a New York Times-bestselling author As a baseball fan who loved my days at Al Lang, thank you Rick for pulling this work together. An obvious labor of love. Well done. Scott Reifert Senior Vice President, Communications, Chicago White Sox Love this book by Rick. The facts and stories he dug up are amazing. But of course they are. It's Rick! Jayson Stark While 100 Years of Baseball on St. Petersburg's Waterfront is packed with stats, facts, quotes and anecdotes - all related in a breezy, enjoyable style - it is, more than anything, a testament to the will and charisma of Albert Fielding Lang. St. Petersburg Catalyst
Author Information
Rick Vaughn is a veteran in the sports communications field having served more than 30 with baseball's Baltimore Orioles and Tampa Bay Rays and the NFL's Washington Redskins. He served as the lead PR executive for the closing of Baltimore's beloved Memorial Stadium and the opening of the iconic Oriole Park at Camden Yards, and the launch of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays expansion franchise and its rebranding to Rays in 2008. He is presently the executive director of Los Angeles Angels Manager Joe Maddon's Respect 90 Foundation.
