Road-Tripping the South Atlantic League: A Guide to the Teams, Ballparks and Cities, is a comprehensive guide for planning Minor League Baseball Road Trips. The primary focus of the book is on the teams, ballparks, and cities of the South Atlantic League. But, it also details how you can adjust your travel plans to include games of teams in other Minor Leagues that overlay the regional footprint of the South Atlantic League.
This book reviews the methodology you need to plan an efficient, cost effective baseball road trip and includes information for developing a rich and rewarding baseball road trip itinerary. Provided are detailed outlines of suggested travel routes, a listing of interesting eateries in or near each city, and the location of other baseball and visitor attractions accessible from the South Atlantic League travel route.
Finally, the book is also about the baseball played on the fields of the modern South Atlantic League. It traces the history of the league, profiles each of its current teams, and identifies a number of players that led the league in either a batting or pitching statistic. The team profiles list more than 300 players that played their A level ball with a South Atlantic League team and then went on to have a long, successful Major League career. The book offers insight and stories about the Minor League and/or Major League careers of a number of them.
- ISBN13 9780786498116
- Publish Date 13 November 2015
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint McFarland & Co Inc
- Format Paperback
- Pages 284
- Language English