Montana Baseball History

Download or read book Montana Baseball History written by Skylar Browning and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2015-06-15 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Wild West had nothing on Montana's first baseball games. Fights, booze, cheating and gambling fueled the state's inaugural professional league in 1892. The turn of the century brought star-studded barnstorming tours and threats of bloodshed. Big Sky Country embraced a distinctly different version of the old ballgame, and Montana players who made their way to big league diamonds helped change the sport on and off the field. From the Lewis and Clark expedition to Dave McNally's historic career, award-winning journalist Skylar Browning and researcher Jeremy Watterson reveal Montana's relationship with America's pastime.