The Somerset Ball: From Wiffle Ball to Brooks Stadium: A Journey to the 1970 KHSAA Tournament, by Mikel D. Smith
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The 1970 Tilghman baseball team was a conglomeration of students from all over Paducah, a town of about thirty thousand in West Kentucky. The Blue Tornado already had a proud history of success in football, basketball, track and baseball.
However, little was expected from this year's team. Fielding a starting roster and coaches with limited experience, the team began with a mediocre record, but became a tough opponent as the season progressed- ultimately surprising everyone by making it to the finals of the Kentucky State High School Tournament. The tournament was one of the most memorable in Kentucky sports history, including teams from Madisonville, Louisville Trinity, Lexington Lafayette, Somerset, Russell, Covington Catholic, Elizabethtown and Paducah Tilghman.
This is a story about growing up in a small Midwestern town - remembering life in Paducah and a tribute to the great players across the State as told through photographs, statistics, news accounts and memories of the 1960s.
The Somerset Ball: From Wiffle Ball to Brooks Stadium: A Journey to the 1970 KHSAA Tournament, by Mikel D. Smith- Amazon Sales Rank: #679620 in Books
- Published on: 2015-10-20
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.02" h x .67" w x 5.98" l, .97 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 300 pages
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. A home run! By Bill Noel In The Somerset Ball, author Dr. Mikel Smith does a superb job chronicling the unlikely success of his high school baseball team as it wins its way through the 1970 Kentucky high school baseball tournament, but the book is much more than a provincial success story. I grew up two-hundred miles from the book’s setting and am a half-dozen years different in age than the author, but the picture he draws of growing up when baseball was truly the national pastime, and of simply growing up in the late-1060s and early 1970s, will resonate with millions of baby boomers as it did with me. Through The Somerset Ball, I was able to relive my process of establishing values and my outlook on friendships that have stayed with me throughout my life. Yes, baseball plays a central role in the book, but it is much more. I highly recommend The Somerset Ball.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Must read for small town living and baseball fans By Edward Morris MD Dr. Smith captures life growing up in middle America during 1960s and the dawn of the decade to follow. His personal account of his life in Paducah, KY and the formative effects of sports, in particular baseball, on his and his teammates lives is a testament to days gone by. His story conjured up memories, long lost, of my own Ohio childhood.. The detail that went into the narrative is remarkable. One can almost feel the energy in the stadium stands as Tilghman Blue Tornado weaved their way through the 1970 baseball season. This book makes me long for the days when winning and losing were part of the game and good things can come out of each outcome. While I am not really a baseball fan, this book has helped me brush up on my baseball lingo and will be able to identify a "liner" next time I see one on TV.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Good read for folks growing up in the Paducah area in the 1960's By Ricky Joe Keeling Well written. Interesting read about growing up in the 1960's in Paducah, KY. I found it especially interesting to read about older friends I looked up to and played baseball with in Paducah as a kid from elementary school through high school years and worked with on into later life. Thanks for giving us a glimpse of the past and stirring up a lot of good memories of Paducah neighborhoods and baseball in the 1960's to 1970. I could still hear the play by play on the radio of Tilghman's path to the Kentucky State Baseball finals in 1970.
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