Baseball in Pensacola: Americas Pastime & the City of Five Flags

Pensacola’s pristine beaches and warm sunshine have beckonedbaseball players to spring training for decades. Legends like Babe Ruth and DonSutton put in work here that would help shape their legacies and make themchampions. More than just a training ground, Pensacola has produced some of thebest minor league clubs in their divisions. From the city’s first organized baseballteams in the late 1880s, to Wally Dashiell’s Fliers of the 1950s and thebeloved Blue Wahoos today, Pensacola has long provided a pleasurable venue forAmerica’s pastime. Baseball In Pensacola isbaseball historian Scott Brown’s chronicle of the game’s development in the City of Five Flags.