Mobile Baseball Connection displays to the entire world how much baseball players and people have contributed to the City of Mobile through the wonderful sport of baseball.
Mobile is best known for Mardi Gras, the Senior Bowl College football all-star game and good ole’ Deep South outdoors on the Gulf Coast in Lower Alabama. The baseball players that were born, grew up, spent time and even died in the Port City are revealed and recognized.
The chapters represent history of old Mobile baseball including the Negro Leagues. It contains content from the Southern League, Southern Association, Sally League and minor league teams from Mobile dating back to 1886. There are recaps of the Championship teams from the 1922 and 1947 Mobile Bears as well as Charlie Finley's 1966 Mobile A’s. There are reports on the Mobile White Sox of 1970; Mobile Bay Sharks from 1994 and 1995 and Mobile Bay Bears, which completed its 20th season in 2016.
Countless baseball professionals represent what I define as MOBILE BASEBALL CONNECTION. The best are Hank Aaron, Willie McCovey, Billy Williams, Satchel Paige, Ozzie Smith, Amos Otis, Tommie Agee, Cleon Jones, Frank, Milt and Jack Bolling, Bernie Carbo, Eddie Stanky, Jim Crawford, Turner Ward, Ricky Patterson, Mark Calvi, Jake Peavy, Josh Donaldson, Dan Jennings, Bob Henley, Stan Galle, Jim Hendry, Frank Sims, Bill Menton, Terry Adams, Dave Stapleton, Glenn Borgmann, Mike O' Berry, Pat Putnam, Mark Johnston, Alex Pastore, Leon Druckenmiller, Mike Jacobs, Steve Kittrell, Ronnie Powell, Lance Johnson, Luis Gonzalez, Jon Lieber, Juan Pierre, Mike Mordecai, Marlon Anderson, Pete Coachman, Mike Maksudian, David Freese, Adam Lind, P. J. Walters, Tim Becker, John Duffy, David Francia, Jordan Patterson, Chris Kitsos, “Double Duty” Radcliffe, Emmet Mulvey, Tommie Aaron, Stan Wasiak, Chuck Conners, "Shotgun" Shuba, Norm and Wayne Larker, “Bama” Rowell, "Baby Doll" Jacobson, , Milton Stock, Red Rollings, Bill Adair, Dolly White, Pete Milne, Stan James, Jimmy Sexton, Jim Mason, Wade Boyett, Randy McGilberry, Blake Stein, Mark Higgins, Eric Yelding, Mike Goff, Dana Williams, Price Thomas, Danny Thomas, Destin Hood, Sap Randall, Joe Espada, J. C. Romero, Mike Szymanski, Lloyd Skoda, Andy Robbins, Billy Howard, Larry Andrews, Bill Shanahan, Pete Tolbert and Lee Shirvanian.
Mobile is best known for Mardi Gras, the Senior Bowl College football all-star game and good ole’ Deep South outdoors on the Gulf Coast in Lower Alabama. The baseball players that were born, grew up, spent time and even died in the Port City are revealed and recognized.
The chapters represent history of old Mobile baseball including the Negro Leagues. It contains content from the Southern League, Southern Association, Sally League and minor league teams from Mobile dating back to 1886. There are recaps of the Championship teams from the 1922 and 1947 Mobile Bears as well as Charlie Finley's 1966 Mobile A’s. There are reports on the Mobile White Sox of 1970; Mobile Bay Sharks from 1994 and 1995 and Mobile Bay Bears, which completed its 20th season in 2016.
Countless baseball professionals represent what I define as MOBILE BASEBALL CONNECTION. The best are Hank Aaron, Willie McCovey, Billy Williams, Satchel Paige, Ozzie Smith, Amos Otis, Tommie Agee, Cleon Jones, Frank, Milt and Jack Bolling, Bernie Carbo, Eddie Stanky, Jim Crawford, Turner Ward, Ricky Patterson, Mark Calvi, Jake Peavy, Josh Donaldson, Dan Jennings, Bob Henley, Stan Galle, Jim Hendry, Frank Sims, Bill Menton, Terry Adams, Dave Stapleton, Glenn Borgmann, Mike O' Berry, Pat Putnam, Mark Johnston, Alex Pastore, Leon Druckenmiller, Mike Jacobs, Steve Kittrell, Ronnie Powell, Lance Johnson, Luis Gonzalez, Jon Lieber, Juan Pierre, Mike Mordecai, Marlon Anderson, Pete Coachman, Mike Maksudian, David Freese, Adam Lind, P. J. Walters, Tim Becker, John Duffy, David Francia, Jordan Patterson, Chris Kitsos, “Double Duty” Radcliffe, Emmet Mulvey, Tommie Aaron, Stan Wasiak, Chuck Conners, "Shotgun" Shuba, Norm and Wayne Larker, “Bama” Rowell, "Baby Doll" Jacobson, , Milton Stock, Red Rollings, Bill Adair, Dolly White, Pete Milne, Stan James, Jimmy Sexton, Jim Mason, Wade Boyett, Randy McGilberry, Blake Stein, Mark Higgins, Eric Yelding, Mike Goff, Dana Williams, Price Thomas, Danny Thomas, Destin Hood, Sap Randall, Joe Espada, J. C. Romero, Mike Szymanski, Lloyd Skoda, Andy Robbins, Billy Howard, Larry Andrews, Bill Shanahan, Pete Tolbert and Lee Shirvanian.
