The town of Kennesaw was officially incorporated in 1887 and organized a baseball team shortly thereafter.
In June 1908, the
Atlanta Journal Constitution
ran a headline, "Hail to the Amateurs—Here's a Good Georgia Bunch," featuring a photograph of the team with "Kennesaw" emblazoned across their jerseys. Kennesaw's former semiprofessional team, the Smokers; its little league parks; four high schools; and Kennesaw State University have contributed to a robust regional baseball culture. These respected and diverse baseball programs have produced many college-level, minor-league, and major-league players.
Shannon Caudill is a former Air Force colonel, editor and coauthor of the book series
Defending Air Bases in an Age of Insurgency
, and former baseball coach at Adams Park. Joe Bozeman is coauthor of the book Images of America:
Kennesaw
, a former area baseball player, and proudly served as the bat boy for the Atlanta Crackers in his youth.