Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
Part I. 1946-1951: The Minors Expand and Contract in Canada
1.?From Jackie Robinson to Jack Kent Cooke: The International League
2.?Canada's Border Leagues Teams: PONY League, Border League, Western International League, Canadian-American League
3. Mexican Jumping Beans, Hockey Players, and Negro Leaguers: Quebec's Provincial League
Part II. 1952-1977: The Lean Years
4.?International League Departures
5.?Vancouver's Pacific Coast League Mounties Come and Go ... and Come and Go
6.?Canada's Border League Teams Go South: Western International League, Provincial League, PONY League, Northern League
7.?Struggling to Survive in the '70s: Northern League, International League, Eastern League, Northwest League, Pioneer League
Part III. 1978-2020: Boom and Bust II-Independence and Survival
8.?Another Minor League Boom in Canada, 1978-1990: Pacific Coast League, Northwest League, Pioneer League, New York-Pennsylvania League, Eastern League
9.?Canada's Minor League Teams Go South Again, 1991-2007: New York--Pennsylvania League, Eastern League, International League, Pioneer League, Pacific Coast League
10.?On Their Own: Canadian Teams in the Independent Leagues
11.?Thriving in the -Twenty-First Century: Vancouver Canadians, les Capitales de Quebec, Winnipeg Goldeyes
Conclusion
Appendix. Directory of Canadian Minor League and Independent League Teams by Year: 1946-2020
Bibliographical Essay
Index
