Spring Training in Bradenton and Sarasota (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780738598680)

McKechnie Field in Bradenton, Florida, is the oldest active major-league spring-training facility in the country. Opened in the spring of 1923 with Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis in attendance, it has played host to six different major-league teams, with the Pittsburgh Pirates calling it home since 1969. The New York Giants traveled to Sarasota in 1924 as the first of five teams to venture to its confines. These two cities, both situated on the Gulf Coast of Florida, boast nearly a century of baseball history and have seen the game's all-time greats.

Author: Raymond Sinibaldi
ISBN-10: 0738598682
ISBN-13: 9780738598680
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
Language: English
Published: 03/18/2013
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.40w x 0.40d