BTS:4 - Between The Seasons 4: Safe at Home: Baseball in Anchorage - Part 1

The comedian George Carlin once commented that the object of the game of baseball is “To go home. And to be safe – Safe at home”  Over the past 106 years many have made Anchorage their home. In this episode we will consider baseball’s role in making people feel safe at home in Anchorage.

 

Resources Used In Making This Episode:

 

Anchorage Historical Walking Tour Sign – at the Oscar Anderson House, 420 M St, Anchorage, AK 99501.

 

Bagoy, J.P., 2001. Legends & Legacies: Anchorage 1910-1935. Publications Consultants. p.92-93ff

 

Cernick, C., Carlson, P., Kennedy, M. (1981). Anchorage, the Way it was. United States: Historic Landmark Preservation Commission, Municipality of Anchorage. P. 16ff

 

Downing Bill, L., Bill, L. (2013). Aunt Phil's Trunk: 1912-1935, vol. 3 Ed., Aunt Phil's Trunk LLC. p109ff

 

Imagining Anchorage: The Making of America's Northernmost Metropolis. (2018). United States: University of Alaska Press. p. 284ff

 

George Carlin on Football and Baseball:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ebyLkCaAL0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIkqNiBASfI

 

http://www.oscarandersonhousemuseum.org

 

http://alaskabaseballleague.org/view/alaskabaseballleague/

https://cerchinooks.com/

http://www.anchoragebucs.com/view/anchoragebucs

http://www.glacierpilots.com/view/glacierpilots

 

https://www.adn.com/sports/alaska-baseball/2021/06/03/watching-the-alaska-baseball-league-is-a-quintessential-summer-experience-games-start-this-weekend/

 

https://calltothepen.com/2013/06/30/alaska-baseball-league-has-glorious-heritage/

 

https://www.explorefairbanks.com/event/midnight-sun-baseball-game/5672/