100 Years of Baseball on St. Petersburg's Waterfront: How the Game Helped Shape a City (Sports)

100 Years of Baseball on St. Petersburg's Waterfront: How the Game Helped Shape a City (Sports)

Step onto the field and bear witness to baseball’s outsized impact on Florida’s Sunshine City. “A baseball book with Rick Vaughn and Tim Kurkjian on the cover? Put me down for a dozen! This is an essential addition to any fan's sports library.” Mark Hyman, Director Shirley Povich Center for Sports Journalism A love letter to spring training.-- Andrew Maraniss is a New York Times-bestselling author While 100 Years of Baseball on St. Petersburg’s Waterfront is packed with stats, facts, quotes and anecdotes – all related in a breezy, enjoyable style – it is, more than anything, a testament to the will and charisma of Albert Fielding Lang. St. Petersburg Catalyst “As a baseball fan who loved my days at Al Lang, thank you Rick for pulling this work together. An obvious labor of love. Well done.” Scott ReifertSenior Vice President, Communications,Chicago White Sox Love this book by Rick. The facts and stories he dug up are amazing. But of course they are. It’s Rick! Jayson Stark “What a tremendous effort by one of the finest PR professionals to ever serve the game of baseball! This book is more than just a factual and historical journey of Al Lang Field, such a treasured venue. Rather, it is the integration of Rick’s passion for the game, his love of the St. Petersburg community, and his desire to pay homage to a location so rich in baseball history. Rick has provided a gift and labor of love that I am confident will be appreciated and respected for generations to come.” -- Tim Mead, former President of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum and a baseball executive for more than 40 years. It’s a fascinating story. If you’re a baseball fan and or even if you just appreciate the history of the Tampa Bay Area, I strongly, strongly recommend it.” ―- Paul Porter WGUL radio and voice of the Tampa Bay Lightning and Orlando Magic. Rick Vaughn is a veteran in the sports communications field having served more than 30 with baseball’s Baltimore Orioles and Tampa Bay Rays and the NFL’s Washington Redskins. He served as the lead PR executive for the closing of Baltimore’s beloved Memorial Stadium and the opening of the iconic Oriole Park at Camden Yards, and the launch of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays expansion franchise and its rebranding to Rays in 2008. He is presently the executive director of Los Angeles Angels Manager Joe Maddon’s Respect 90 Foundation.