The Pecan Park Eagle

Some of the SABR Team at Bright Sky Tuesday Night: Author Marsha Franty, Author Joe Thompson, Author Bob Dorrill, Author/Editor Mike Vance, and Author Bill McCurdy.

Tuesday night, May 6, 2014, was a time for celebration at Bright Sky Press. As their guests, members of the Larry Dierker Chapter of SABR team that researched and wrote “Houston Baseball, The Early Years: 1861-1961” gathered to celebrate and greet members of the local public who were somehow involved in the city’s long love affair with the game. It was a grand night.

SABR Chair Bob Dorrill announced that our book has been accepted by the library for archival preservation and general public research in Cooperstown. This is quite an honor, folks. The National Baseball Hall of Fame is very select in what they accept for valuable protection and research use. And this acceptance happened quickly. It is a tribute to a first class, comprehensive, and scholarly production of Houston’s early baseball history through the last 1961 season of our city’s minor league baseball. To the best of my knowledge, no other city in the United States has done anything on this level with their own local histories of baseball.

We have established a standard for local baseball histories – just another reason why our book is one for the ages.

“Houston Baseball, The Early Years: 1861-1961” is available now for check and money orders, but please end no cash. Credit sals will be established later.

For United States orders, send $49.95, plus $5.95 shipping on one book, $6.95 on two books. Mail your check, endorsed to “Houston Baseball”,  with a clearly printed book-receiving address to:

Houston Baseball

c/o Bob Dorrill

2318 Crimson Valley Ct.

Houston, TX 77345-2101

For orders from outside the USA, please check on the cost of shipping for a 4 lb. book from Houston to your address and add that amount to the $49.95 book price before sending your order with a clearly printed book-receiving address to Mr. Dorrill at the same address listed for domestic orders.

Hey! Guess what day it is! …. Guess what DAY it is! … Have a good one!

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