Baseball Barnstorming And Exhibition Games, 1901-1962: A History of Off-season Major League Play

'Baseball postseason barnstorming is a phenomenon specific to baseball and American sports. Exhibition games added even more liveliness to this hubbub of activity. In baseball the term 'barnstorming' was used to mean that movement north (or east) from spring training, stopping for games at a number of small towns and lesser cities'--Provided by publisher.