Author, Rick Vaughn, "100 years of Baseball on St. Petersburg's Waterfront. How the Game Helped Shape a City" discusses Al Lang & the evolution of MLB Spring Training in St. Pete. Rick’s front office career spans the Orioles, Redskins & Vice President of Communications with the Tampa Bay Rays. #RaysUp Baltimore, rolling out Camden Yards Rick's book of baseball stories  -  "100 years of Baseball on St. Petersburg's Waterfront. How the Game Helped Shape a City"Al moved to St. Petersburg for his health & fell in love with the communityBrought the best teams to St Petersburg - Boston Braves, New York Yankees, St Louis Cardinals & . . . Keeping it fresh - Boston Braves depart St Pete on Tuesday & Al has a new team, the St. Cardinals in place by SaturdayBabe Ruth's TrainTampa paid Cubs to bring their spring training to the city Al Lang, philanthropyThe Depression, Spring Training & the impact on St. PeteBabe Ruth & St. Pete, a love affairYankees moved team from New Orleans to turn down the Babe’s night lifeAll Children’s hospital recipient of Ruth’s generosityMinor League Map of Florida - watching up & coming players 1968 - 29 future Hall of Famers in Al Lang Field 90 Tampa natives that have played Major League BaseballSeaver & Gooden both playing in Tampa high schools simultaneously minor league players in Tampa - Justin Crawford with the Threshers1960 the death of Al LangFighting Segregation in Tampa Bay Baseball - Bill White & Dr. Ralph Wimbish, Cardinals brought all players, managers & families under one roof in St. Pete Did Florida lose spring training teams to Arizona due to segregation?Al Lang & Rick Vaughn strong champions of the gameprepping for the launch of the Tampa Bay Devil RaysBuck Showalter or Socha could have possibly been the first Rays GMRays original Owner & GM had not worked in baseballWhat makes a great ballpark experience in an outdoor open ballparkRays future stadium should honor the past & deliver a park with modern day amenitiesBuild a Rays stadium in Ybor reflecting the history of Ybor & the cigar factoriesTampa Bay needs a champion for baseball and the Tampa Bay RaysWade Boggs stories at Al Lopez field & Tino Martinez working in cigar factoryTampa baseball with the Cubs & Red SoxAugustus Busch Jr, owner of St. Louis Cardinals brought Busch Gardens to TampaRick's book on Amazon @  "100 years of Baseball on St. Petersburg's Waterfront. How the Game Helped Shape a City" BaseballBiz On Deck on iheartradio, Apple, Spotify & Google & www.BaseballBizOnDeck.com Please like, subscribe and remark. Let us know your thoughts about the show. Special thanks to XTaKeRuX for the music "Rocking Forward"