Kansas Baseball - Paperback

by Michael J. Travis (Author)

Baseball has long been synonymous with Kansas. Go back to the late 1800s and the birth of Walter Johnson and George Sweatt, Humboldt kids who played baseball at the highest level but in different leagues due to racism. Learn about the sixteen-year-old signed by the Kansas City Athletics, who left the University of Kansas campus to play his first game at Municipal Stadium the next day. Read about pioneers in the game named Joyce, Katie and Alex, determined and talented women who are part of our national pastime. Author Michael Travis shares his love for the game, rounding the bases from its beginnings in Wichita with League 42 to the Major Leagues.

Author Biography

Michael Travis's days of playing ball are in the past, but the deep connection to the game is ever-present, whether he is at a ballgame at Eck Stadium or turning pages of Shoeless Joe, a 1982 classic by W.P. Kinsella. Kansas Baseball is Michael's second book to be published. He pursued his love of Kansas craft breweries and their communities and stories in his first book, Celebrating Kansas Breweries: People, Places & Stories, published in 2022. Michael's love for the great game of baseball and the joy of writing have come together in his first baseball book. Stay tuned for his next journey around the bases!