{"product_id":"blue-ridge-league-robert-p-savitt-9781531654658","title":"Blue Ridge League","description":"Between 1915 and 1930, nine towns in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Pennsylvania, Maryland, and West Virginia hosted teams in one of the most successful Class D minor leagues in professional baseball. The Blue Ridge League launched the careers of legendary Hall of Famers Lefty Grove and Hack Wilson and served as a training ground or final stop for over 100 major-league players. This feisty league challenged laws prohibiting Sabbath baseball games (resulting in mass arrests of players and management), pioneered night baseball, served as a laboratory for the establishment of baseball's farm system, and helped develop a postseason five-state championship series.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert P. Savitt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1531654657\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781531654658\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Arcadia Publishing Library Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/11\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 130\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.91lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.38d","brand":"Robert P. Savitt","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43985544085759,"sku":"9781531654658","price":31.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_37c488fa-c465-437c-b6a7-c6e27510afe4.jpg?v=1683278148","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/blue-ridge-league-robert-p-savitt-9781531654658","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}