Cooperstown; Where Baseball's Legends Live Forever

St. Louis, MO: The Sporting News, 1983. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Good/Fair. DJ is worn, torn soiled, chipped and price clipped. Gift notation (NOT from author) on fep, 304 pages. Illustrations (some in color). Tabular/statistical data. This is a heavy item and if shipped outside of the United States will require additional shipping charges. The table of contents is an alphabetic list of players followed by a section on Playing and Managerial Records. Lowell Reidenbaugh(1919-2007) became one of the most significant sports journalists of his time. He was the managing editor of The Sporting News from 1958 to 1979. Reidenbaugh was credited for developing the weekly publication's reputation as the "Bible of Baseball." He retired from The Sporting News in 1989 as senior editor and corporate editor. He also wrote a book about the history of The Sporting News. "From 1947 to 1989, no one had a greater impact on The Sporting News than Lowell Reidenbaugh," said current senior editor Ron Smith. "He wore many hats - writer, managing editor, author - and was a critical force in the sports weekly's evolution. Lowell was a mentor, a gentleman and an inspiration - a proud leader who brought superior journalistic instincts and professionalism to the job for 42 years." He served in the Army during World War II. His career in journalism began with the Intelligencer Journal in Lancaster. He then joined the Philadelphia Inquirer sports department in 1946, followed by The Sporting News in 1947. Reidenbaugh was also a reportedly national authority on Confederate campaigns in the Civil War, especially those involving Stonewall Jackson. Join The Sporting News for a trip through the sacred halls of Cooperstown, where the ghosts of Baseball past gather for a final tip of the hat, one last swing at a hanging curve, one last triumphant pass around the bases, one last impossible dream-and one final, glorious victory. The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is a history museum and hall of fame in Cooperstown, New York, operated by private interests. It serves as the central point of the history of baseball in the United States and displays baseball-related artifacts and exhibits, honoring those who have excelled in playing, managing, and serving the sport. The Hall's motto is "Preserving History, Honoring Excellence, Connecting Generations". Cooperstown is often used as shorthand (or a metonym) for the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. The Hall of Fame was established in 1939 by Stephen Carlton Clark, an heir to the Singer Sewing Machine fortune. Clark sought to bring tourists to a city hurt by the Great Depression, which reduced the local tourist trade, and Prohibition, which devastated the local hops industry. Clark constructed the Hall of Fame's building, which was dedicated on June 12, 1939. (His granddaughter, Jane Forbes Clark, is the current chairman of the board of directors.) The claim that Civil War hero Abner Doubleday invented baseball in Cooperstown was instrumental in the early marketing of the Hall. The Sporting News is a website and former magazine publication owned by Sporting News Holdings, which is a U.S.-based sports media company formed in December 2020 by a private investor consortium. It was originally established in 1886 as a print magazine. It became the dominant American publication covering baseball, acquiring the nickname "The Bible of Baseball". From 2002 to February 2022, it was known simply as Sporting News. In December 2012, The Sporting News ended print publication and shifted to a digital-only publication. It currently has editions in the United States, Canada, Australia, and Japan. March 17, 1886: The Sporting News (TSN), founded in St. Louis by Alfred H. Spink, a director of the St. Louis Browns baseball team, publishes its first edition. The weekly newspaper sells for 5 cents. Baseball, horse racing and professional wrestling received the most coverage in the first issue. Meanwhile, the sporting weeklies Clipper and Sporting Life were based in New York and Philadelphia. By World War I, TSN would be the only national baseball newspaper. TSN sponsors its own annual Team, Player, Pitcher, Rookie, Reliever, Comeback Player, Manager, and Executive of the Year awards. Many fans once held the newspaper's baseball awards at equal or higher esteem than those of the Baseball Writers' Association of America. Prior to 2005, the SN Comeback Player Award was generally recognized as the principal award of its type, as MLB did not give such an award until that year.