{"id":12459,"date":"2011-12-15T19:49:16","date_gmt":"2011-12-15T19:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/?p=12459"},"modified":"2011-12-15T19:49:30","modified_gmt":"2011-12-15T19:49:30","slug":"george-price-continues-to-unearth-merseyside-baseball-treasures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/?p=12459","title":{"rendered":"George Price continues to unearth baseball treasures"},"content":{"rendered":"

George Price, an octogenarian from the north-west corner of England, is one of the generous collaborators who make Project COBB function. He has previously proved to be very helpful in supplying team photos and identifying players for uses such as the Great Britain national team archive, and very recently he has uncovered a couple of more textual gems.<\/p>\n

The first is a Merseyside Baseball League handbook from 1951. Having this item has given me the inspiration to set up a league handbooks<\/a> section on the Project COBB site, which I will expand over the coming weeks. These small artefacts are quite easily one of the<\/em>\u00c2\u00a0best resources for historical information on\u00c2\u00a0fixtures, competition structures, team personnel, and club details.<\/p>\n

The second item is an amazing collection of minutes from general meetings held by the Atoms and the Liverpool Aces between 1957 and 1964. It gives a rare glimpse into the running of an amateur baseball club in Britain during this poorly chronicled period. I have made scans of the photocopies that George sent me, but they’re not of a sufficient quality to put on the site. However, anyone interested in seeing a PDF should contact me here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I had the pleasure of meeting George earlier this year, since he was welcomed as a guest of honour by Richmond Baseball Club as part of a trip arranged by his son as an 80th birthday present, and I happened to be scoring that today. A couple of the photos taken that day are provided below.<\/p>\n

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The author (dark top) standing with Project COBB collaborator George Price (light top)<\/p><\/div>\n

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George Price throws out a ceremonial first pitch at Connare Field in a National Baseball League game in 2011 between the Richmond Flames and the Southampton Mustangs<\/p><\/div>\n

George played baseball in Liverpool during his younger years. His father, Dave Price, was a noted ambassador for Merseyside and British baseball during the 1960s and even raised awareness of the game here over in the States on family visits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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