During the heyday of amateur sports in the Lebanon Valley, one Fredericksburg baseball team rose from amateur games to a national semi-pro tournament, state championships, and more. This is the story of the College Hill Chix.
Baseball past
Hometown heavy-hitters: Lebanon’s famous baseball players
Here’s a look at some of Lebanon’s finest baseball players to ever accomplish the seemingly impossible and reach the big leagues.
[Column] Nelson George Greene, Lebanon’s Hall of Famer
It’s been 100 years since Lebanon’s Nelson George Greene began his professional baseball career. Here, Greene’s grandson, Nelson “Chip” Greene, chronicles his feats.
Fifty years before Jackie Robinson: the Lebanon Grays, the Cuban Giants, and the Middle States League
Fifty years before Jackie Robinson made his Major League Debut, a baseball league with a team based in Lebanon was making strides toward racial integration in baseball.
The Phillies played the Gap in Lebanon for spring training 1943
In 1943, major league teams were required to stick close to home for spring training.
Penny Marshall’s ‘A League of Their Own’ featured Lebanon’s Jaynne Bittner, who made history in nation’s first national female sports league
Actor and director Penny Marshall’s ‘A League of Their Own’ told the story of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, which Lebanon woman Jaynne Bitnner participated in from 1948 to 1954.
When Babe Ruth played for Lebanon more than 100 years ago
What does baseball great Babe Ruth have to do with Lebanon, Pennsylvania?