Reviews
"Torres'
research makes the history of South Texas baseball spring to life
and catch his readers by the throat, like pro baseball players in a
heated argument." --
The Monitor (McAllen,
TX), August 17, 2005.
"This fascinating account ... will
interest all persons who study the region's rich history, whether or
not they are baseball fans."
-- Valley Town Crier,
August 17, 2005.
"Torres brings many characters and
odd events to life. The 1900s proved a golden century of
roller-coaster baseball. Winners and sinners alike, Torres salutes
and immortalizes." --
Festiva, August 19, 2005.
"Noe Torres has turned his love of
baseball into a very interesting book." --
Rick Diaz, KRGV-TV (Weslaco, TX), July 6, 2005.
About the Book
Did you know? •
Major league stars Manny Mota, and Jose Tartabull, and Hall of Fame
pitcher Gaylord Perry first played in South Texas. The Rio Grande
Valley was once the spring training home of the St. Louis Cardinals.
• Before starring for the New York Giants of the National Football
League, Kyle Rote played baseball for the Corpus Christi Aces. From
1910 to 1977, the remote, sparsely populated, and rugged Rio Grande
was a hotbed of minor league baseball. Introduced by soldiers
stationed along the Texas border with Mexico in the late 1800s, the
sport grew quickly among the mainly Hispanic population. Eleven
minor leagues grew and flourished from Corpus Christi south to the
Rio Grande Valley. And though all but one of those leagues are gone,
their history is as saucy and lively as anything in the majors, with
incredible performances, startling scandals, superstars bound for
glory, and more. A fascinating read for any baseball fan, Ghost
Leagues is a season-by-season account of minor league baseball
played in the rough land along the country’s southernmost border.
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