by Charles Norman | Feb 4, 2023 | Baseball
Allandale Field – Asheville’s Rough Hillside Mountain Diamond The Asheville Baseball Club has bounced in, out, and around the North Carolina town for over 130 years, perpetually seeking a home within an ever-evolving urban landscape. In 1892, the club’s...
by Charles Norman | Jan 18, 2023 | Baseball
Billy Laval’s Spartanburg Red Sox and the Bad Series at Rock Hill Billy Laval’s passion was coaching college football. Between 1915 and 1949, Laval’s teams compiled a record of 168 wins, 136 losses, and 17 ties, taking home three Southern...
by Charles Norman | Jan 15, 2023 | Baseball
Shoeless Miller, Greensboro’s Green Recruit Frank Doyle, manager of the Greensboro Patriots, had a new recruit. His name was Miller and somebody had dug him up down in South Carolina. A couple of weeks before, pitching for a team in Greer, he’d struck out 13 of...
by Charles Norman | Jan 4, 2023 | Baseball
Spartanburg’s Unique Carolina Association Ballpark Spartanburg, South Carolina, is sited on the Piedmont Plateau between the more crowded civilizations of Charlotte and Greenville. Thomas Wolfe, in Look Homeward, Angel, described Spartanburg as a “sleepy...
by Charles Norman | Dec 30, 2022 | Baseball
The Glorious Life of a Class D Ballplayer in 1909 Excerpts from the in-progress biography of Jack Corbett entitled The Book About Jack Corbett and a Lot of Other Stuff. Corbett began the 1909 season playing for the Charleston Sea Gulls of the Class C South Atlantic...
by Charles Norman | Dec 24, 2022 | Baseball
Robbery in the Park and the Attack on Umpire Bailey The following is an excerpt from the in-progress biography of Jack Corbett entitled, The Book About Jack Corbett and a Lot of Other Stuff. The incident occurred in Columbia, South Carolina, on the afternoon of June...
