BOOKS - Reading's Big League Exhibition Games (Images of Baseball)
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Reading's Big League Exhibition Games (Images of Baseball)
Author: Brian C. Engelhardt
Year: August 10, 2015
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 13 MB
Language: English
Year: August 10, 2015
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 13 MB
Language: English
While Reading may be known today for the Fightin' Phils, it has also been the site of 72 games played by 17 major-league franchises and barnstorming teams since 1874. Among the teams that have played in these exhibition games are the Philadelphia Phillies, Philadelphia Athletics, Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Giants, and St. Louis Cardinals, along with appearances by baseball greats Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Mike Schmidt, Ernie Banks, and Rogers Hornsby. Reading fans have looked on as both the 1906 Phillies and A's tried to catch a bunny on the field mid-game, cheered for Christy Mathewson's shutouts, sang and "Happy Birthday and " to Pete Rose, and watched and "Shoeless and " Joe Jackson hit a home run.
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