The Independent Carolina Baseball League, 1936-1938: Baseball Outlaws

by Scott Verner, R.G. Utley, R.G. (Hank) Utley

Shortly after the independent Carolina League was formed in 1936, officials of the National Association of Professional Baseball--which oversaw what was known as "organized baseball," including the major leagues--began a campaign to destroy the league. The NAPB declared the Carolina League "outlaw" and blacklisted its players because their teams were pirating professionally-contracted ballplayers with the lure of higher wages, small-town hero...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786423188
• ISBN13: 9780786423187
• Release Date: May 2005
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 299 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.0" x 10.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher