Louisville Diamonds
This is a sequel to Legends of Louisville: Major League Baseball in Louisville, 1876-1899. This was the first book ever done on Louisville’s epic major-league stars, days, and teams. It also was the first book ever done on any segment of Louisville’s colorful baseball history.
This is based upon extensive research that Philip Von Borries has been doing since 1983. It picks up the story were Legends of Louisville left off.
Book details
- Author
- Philip Von Borries
- Imprint
- Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Formats
- Hardcover, Paperback
- Subjects
- Biography & Autobiography
- Topics
- baseball history · Major League Baseball · American sports history · baseball biography · minor league baseball
- ISBN-13
- 9781563113239 (Hardcover)9781681622040 (Paperback)
About the author
PHILIP VON BORRIES was an American sportswriter and author who published horse racing and baseball books, including Racelines: Observations on Horse Racing’s Glorious History, RaceLens: Vintage Thoroughbred Racing Images and American Gladiator: The Life and Times of Pete Browning.
Von Borries was one of the few turf writers to have won both the Eclipse Award for thoroughbred racing and the John Hervey Award for harness racing. His baseball bylines appeared in the Boston Red Sox Magazine, the Chicago Cubs Program Magazine and Sports Collectors Digest.
He also produced two nationally award-winning television documentaries on the Kentucky Derby’s Black history.
Von Borries died at age 74 in Lexington, Kentucky.
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