DP or Billy and Jerry in the Promised Land A Primer on Minor League Baseball Franchise Purchase, Ownership and Operation

Bill Tucker and Jerry Walker

Verlag: Volcano Press, Keizer, OR, 1998

Beschreibung

Signed by both Walker and Tucker with long inscriptions to former owner. First edition. The book describes how the the two authors met at a Mickey Mantle/Whitey Ford Fantasy Baseball camp, which led them to acquire the Northwest league team in Bellingham, Washington, its success and its 1992 championship season. At the start the team was associated with the Seattle Mariners, but eventually switched affiliations to the San Francisco Giants. The franchise was moved to Oregon in 1997 where the duo built a new baseball stadium. At the time of printing the team was known as the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes and was affiliated with the Giants. Hardcover, original jacket, 247 pages. Like new condition. Uncommon.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 001554

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: DP or Billy and Jerry in the Promised Land A Primer on Minor League Baseball Franchise Purchase, Ownership and Operation
• Verlag: Volcano Press, Keizer, OR
• Erscheinungsjahr: 1998
• Einband: Hardcover
• Zustand: As New
• Zustand des Schutzumschlags: As New
• Signiert: Signed by Author(s)
• Verkäuferkataloge:
  • Northwest & Northwest History
  • Signed
  • Sports