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In athletics terminology, barnstorming refers to sports teams or individual athletes who travel to various locations, usually small towns, to stage exhibition matches. The term is primarily used in the United States.
Barnstorming was a form of entertainment in which stunt pilots performed tricks individually or in groups that were called flying circuses. Devised to "impress people with the skill of pilots and the sturdiness of planes," [1] it became popular in the United States during the Roaring Twenties. [2]
Barnstorming war eine in den 1920er Jahren beliebte Form der Unterhaltung in den USA, die auch die weitere Luftfahrtgeschichte des Landes prägte. Der ursprünglich Begriff barnstorming stammt aus einer früheren amerikanischen Tradition der ländlichen politischen Kampagnen. Die sogenannten Barnstormer waren Stunt -Piloten, die entweder ...
The Lancaster Stormers (formerly known as the Lancaster Barnstormers) is an American professional baseball team based in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. It is a member of the North Division of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball, a "partner league" of Major League Baseball.
A Road to Equality. He was the nation’s ringer, a barnstorming industry unto himself who learned to pitch not by the week but by the hour. But while Leroy “Satchel” Paige was the best, he was hardly alone. For three generations of African-American baseball players, barnstorming was more of a full-time job than a part-time tour.
At Home on the Road. From the time the first professional baseball teams called their cities home, team owners were ready to take them on the road. These “barnstorming” tours played an important part in the development of the National Pastime – even though their history was not nearly as well documented as that of the major leagues.
In athletics terminology, barnstorming refers to sports teams or individual athletes that travel to various locations, usually small towns, to stage exhibition matches. Barnstorming teams differ from traveling teams in that they operate outside the framework of an established athletic league, while traveling teams are designated by a league ...
