* Author profile: Tom Flynn

March 26, 2008

Cover ImageThe author of Baseball in Baltimore is the subject of this article on Citypaper.com.

The book “cycles through the city’s ballpark evolution, from Memorial Stadium to Municipal Stadium–christened Venable Stadium in 1922–and on back to the old Oriole Park at 29th Street and Greenmount Avenue, which burned to the ground July 4, 1944.”

Upshot:

It’s a welcome reminder of how many legends played for Baltimore teams before 1950, even if only briefly–not just Ruth and John McGraw but also such Hall of Famers as “Wee” Willie Keeler, Wilbert Robinson, Hughie Jennings, Chief Bender, Lefty Grove, Roy Campanella, Rogers Hornsby, Satchel Paige, and Leon Day.

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1 Terrie Lordan April 3, 2008 at 4:28 pm

Coming later this year 2008 The Forgotten Birds, the true story of the International league Baltimore Orioles 1903 through 1953 and more pictures of stadiums in Baltimore. Go back in time and relive the days of some of the best minor league teams ever. Go to the Baseball documentary movie website http://www.forgottenbirds.com and see more pictures and memories of former fans and a recent update.

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