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The college baseball season doesn’t end when the school year is finished. Many of the top NCAA Division I, II, and III baseball players continue to play in one of the game’s most unique environments, the summer wood bat leagues. They swap aluminum bats for wood and play from June through August in more than forty states. The poetry of America’s pastime persists as soon-to-be stars such as Gordon Beckham, Buster Posey, and Aaron Judge crash in spare bedrooms and play for free on city and college ball fields.

Summer Baseball Nation chronicles a season in America’s summer collegiate baseball leagues. From the Cape to Alaska and a lot of places in between, Will Geoghegan tells the stories of a summer: eighteen of the best college players in the country playing Wiffle ball on Cape Cod, the Midnight Sun Game in Alaska, a California legend picking up another win, home runs flying into Lake Michigan, and the namesake of an old Minor League club packing the same charming ballpark. At every stop, players chase dreams while players and fans alike savor the moment.
 

ISBN-13: 9781496213990

Media Type: Hardcover

Publisher: Nebraska

Publication Date: 04-01-2020

Pages: 240

Product Dimensions: 5.70(w) x 8.60(h) x 1.10(d)

Will Geoghegan is an award-winning sportswriter in Rhode Island who covers the Newport Gulls and Ocean State Waves of the New England Collegiate Baseball League. Since 2007 he has written about the Cape League at rightfieldfog.com.

Table of Contents


Preface
Acknowledgments    
1. Cape Cod    
2. Newport    
3. Fairbanks    
4. Santa Barbara    
5. Cape Cod    
6. Kenosha    
7. Washington DC  
8. Hampton    
9. Cape Cod    
10. Extra Innings