Beginning in 1857 when Minnesota's first ball club was organized in Nininger City and continuing through the Twins' latest season, Baseball in Minnesota is a comprehensive history of America's Pastime in the North Star State. Encompassing the rich heritage of minor league baseball, town teams, the Minnesota Gophers, the Saint Paul Saints, and the Minnesota Twins, this encyclopedic volume delivers exceptionally detailed stories of the games, the ball parks, and the larger-than-life personalities, all woven with carefully researched statistics, eyewitness accounts, and vintage photos.
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Höhe: 277 mm
Breite: 216 mm
Dicke: 25 mm
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978-1-68134-212-2 (9781681342122)
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Stew Thornley is the author of numerous books on sports history for adults and young readers. He received the SABR-Macmillan Baseball Research Award in 1988 for his first book, On to Nicollet: The Glory and Fame of the Minneapolis Millers. Thornley is an official scorer for Minnesota Twins home games and also does the datacasting of games for MLB.com Gameday. He lives in Roseville, Minnesota.
