Spring Training in Clearwater: Fencebusters and Fastballs from the Philadelphia Philles and the Clearwater Threshers [Paperback]

Alex de Quesada (Author)

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Publication Date: February 27, 2007

For everyone fans, players, staff and media there's nothing like spring training in Clearwater, the true winter home of the Phillies. -Larry "The Baron" Shenk Alejandro de Quesada's chronicle of baseball superstars and hardcore statistics careens Philadelphia Phillies and Clearwater Threshers fans from the early days of professional baseball to today's Grapefruit League. Accompanied by over seventy-five action-packed pictures, de Quesada describes the stories of the All-Girls Professional Baseball League, the first appearance of the Phillie Phanatic and the Tiki Bar at Bright House Networks field as well as the detailed exploits of Tug McGraw, Mike Schmidt and Paul "Pope" Owens.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: The History Press (February 27, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1596292148
• ISBN-13: 978-1596292147
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,634,016 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars A must for Phillies and Clearwater Threshers fans, February 21, 2011

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This review is from: Spring Training in Clearwater: Fencebusters and Fastballs from the Philadelphia Philles and the Clearwater Threshers (Paperback)

Overall, a worthwhile book that every Phillies and Threshers fan should read. It was a concise, readable history of Clearwater's baseball history and the Phillies's history there. The photographs were excellent but more text would have been nice. It would have been nice to have included more insights into the daily lives of minor league players for the Clearwater Threshers and Gulf Coast Phillie; the daily routine of spring training from the perspectives of players, fans,coaches and executives; and some material about the Florida Instructional League-which was barely mentioned-and Phillies Phantasy Camps, which were not mentioned at all. It was mentioned in the introduction that the Phillies facilties in Clearwater are used year round. Well, great, write about how they are used year round. There could have been a chapter titled, "One Year in Clearwater." January-Phillies Phantasy Camp, Mid-February through March-spring training; April through early September, Clearwater Threshers-halfway to the major leagues; Mid-June through early September-Gulf Coast League Phillies, starting out in the minors; and mid-September through October, Florida Instructional League.

Still, for Phillies fans, the book is a must-have!