From the first "Play ball " of each spring through the hot days of summer, minor-league teams across the nation give local fans a chance to relax and enjoy the national pastime, to preview tomorrow's stars, and to "root, root, root for the home team."
In this story of professional baseball in the Alamo City from 1888 to the present, "San Antonio Express-News" sportswriter David King hits the highlights--athletic and human--that have filled the city's diamonds for 115 years. He tells about the team that left Austin on a road trip and never returned--deciding to make San Antonio its home...

From the first Play ball of each spring through the hot days of summer, minor-league teams across the nation give local fans a chance to relax and enjoy the national pastime, to preview tomorrow's stars, and to root, root, root for the home team. In this story of professional baseball in the Alamo City from 1888 to the present, San Antonio Express-News sportswriter David King hits the highlights - athletic and human - that have filled the city's diamonds for 115 years. deciding to make San Antonio its home base instead; about San Antonio's first two black Texas League players, whose story...