Baseball in Portsmouth  (VA)  (Images of Baseball)
Publisher: Arcadia  Publishing
Published: February 19, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9780738516004
Subjects: United States - General; Virginia; History: American; History; History - U.S.; United States - State & Local - South; United States - State & Local - General; Portsmouth; Baseball - General; Baseball
First sentence: While its neighboring city, Norfolk, first fielded a professional team as early as 1885, Portsmouth's baseball history did not commence until 1895, when the historic seaport garnered a franchise in the old Virginia League.