Seasons in the Sun: The Story of Big League Baseball in Missouri
- ISBN-10
- 0826262872
- ISBN-13
- 9780826262875
- Series
- Seasons in the Sun
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 175
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Missouri Press
- Author
- Roger D. Launius
Description
The heart of professional baseball, if not its roots, may be found in the American Midwest, especially in Missouri. In Seasons in the Sun, Roger D. Launius offers an excellent overview of the teams, pennant races, trials, and triumphs of the different major-league teams that have resided in the state over the years. Since 1876, when St. Louis became a charter member of the newly formed National League, there have also been other major-league franchises from less well known leagues in St. Louis. The St. Louis major-league baseball experience is not limited to the extraordinary success and fame of the Cardinals, who have won more World Series championships than any other National League team. St. Louis also claims the excellent but short-lived Brown Stockings, the city's first entry into the National League; the American League's Browns, who spent most of their existence in the first half of the twentieth century at the bottom of the standings; the virtually forgotten Terriers of the Federal League in 1914-1915; and the Maroons of the pre-twentieth-century National League.
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