58 min

Episode 296: "Lights, Camera, Fastball‪"‬ Baseball by the Book

    • Baseball

The Hollywood Stars were the team of, well, Hollywood stars. For two decades, Gilmore Field in Los Angeles was the place to be for celebrities from Clark Gable and Jimmy Stewart to Barbara Stanwyck and Groucho Marx. Author Dan Taylor joins us to discuss the remarkable run of the Pacific Coast League franchise that pioneered air travel and TV and introduced the world to baseball uniform shorts. 
Support the podcast: www.patreon.com/baseballbythebook
Merchandise: www.teespring.com/stores/baseballbythebookstore
 

The Hollywood Stars were the team of, well, Hollywood stars. For two decades, Gilmore Field in Los Angeles was the place to be for celebrities from Clark Gable and Jimmy Stewart to Barbara Stanwyck and Groucho Marx. Author Dan Taylor joins us to discuss the remarkable run of the Pacific Coast League franchise that pioneered air travel and TV and introduced the world to baseball uniform shorts. 
Support the podcast: www.patreon.com/baseballbythebook
Merchandise: www.teespring.com/stores/baseballbythebookstore
 

58 min