Author: Chad Gramling
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 143961704X
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
The Fort Wayne Wizards 1993 arrival marked the beginning of professional baseball in northeast Indiana for many. However, the city boasts a rich baseball heritage that traces its roots to the very origins of the game. In fact, baseball and its record books begin with Fort Wayne. Over more than 135 years, dozens of teams have called Fort Wayne their homefield, making players into local legends and stars who excelled in the spotlight of baseballs biggest stage. Baseball in Fort Wayne recounts the sports presence in the city, from the earliest days of 1871s Kekiongas to todays Wizards, as well as those who took the field in between.