I need a good book on pre 1958 baseball in CA

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Posted By: warshawlaw

Anyone have any suggestions? I am esp. interested in baseball around Los Angeles.

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Posted By: Max Weder

A good one (though hard to find) is Richard Beverage's 1981 book, The Angels: Los Angeles in the Pacific Coast League, 1919-1957 (trade paperback)

As always, when looking for baseball publications, The Baseball Index is a tremendous resource http://www.baseballindex.org/tbi.asp

Hope this helps.

Max

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Posted By: Bruce Babcock

A book came out this year called "The Golden Game, The Story of California Baseball," by Kevin Nelson. Paperback, 379 pgs. (ISBN 1-890771-80-5) California Historical Society Press & Heyday Books www.heydaybooks.com

31 chapters, but 1958 is not reached until Chapter 27. Contains some great photos and even a few pics of baseball cards. It begins with the 49ers who brought base ball to California during the gold rush. I'm only about one third of the way through it, but I recommend it.

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Posted By: jay behrens

You might want to look for books written John Spalding. I can't think of names of his books, but Mark Macrae would know. I think Dick Dobbins may have written a book or two on the subject also.

Jay

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Posted By: Jimmy Leiderman

Always on Sunday: The California Baseball League 1886 to 1915
by John E. Spalding