Separating the Men from the Boys: The First Half-Century of the Carolina League

by Jim L. Sumner

Book Overview

History of minor league baseball's Carolina League commemorating the league's 50th year in existence. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0895871122
• ISBN13: 9780895871121
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: John F. Blair, Publisher
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Separating the Men from the Boys

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A great book about a great league

While nominally a history of the Class A Carolina League on the occasion of its 50th anniversary, the subject, the national pastime, inevitably evokes the nation itself in the form that it is most recognizable, the small town and the hopes and dreams of its young people during the history of the recent century. This isn't to say that the partisan of modern big league ball doesn't have much here of interest: for example, the portrait of Albert Belle (back when he was still known as Joey) is revealing as he throws self-destructive tantrums and goes AWOL in the middle of an RBI record run as a member of the Kinston Indians.