Athletics Shorts
Description: Pickleball was invented in 1965 on Bainbridge Island, a short ferry ride from Seattle, Washington. Three dads – Joel Pritchard, Bill Bell, and Barney McCallum — whose kids were bored with their usual summertime activities — are credited for creating game. Pickleball has evolved from original handmade equipment and simple rules into a popular sport throughout the US and Canada. The game is growing internationally as well, with many European and Asian countries adding courts.
Description: The Birmingham Athletics (A’s) were the Class AA farm club of the Kansas City/Oakland Athletics from 1967 to 1975. The Southern League ballclub was owned directly by Oakland’s colorful, spendthrift owner Charles O. Finley. The Athletics had a phenomenal farm system in the late 1960’s and many of the great ballplayers from Oakland’s 1972-1974 World Series dynasty spent time in Birmingham on their way up the developmental ladder.
