Title:
Town ball : the glory days of Minnesota amateur baseball
Author:
ISBN:
9780816646753
Publication Information:
Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2006.
Physical Description:
xii, 411 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
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Summary
Summary
Relive the golden era of Minnesota's town team baseball from 1945 to 1960
Author Notes
Armand Peterson is a retired engineer, editor of The Vikings Reader , and a former town team player.
Tom Tomashek is a retired sportswriter for the Wilmington News Journal and a former town team player.
Table of Contents
Preface | p. vii |
Introduction | p. ix |
Part I The Town Team Ball Era | |
The Boys Are Back, 1945-46 | p. 3 |
Lights on the Prairie, 1947 | p. 13 |
Amateurs Get Their Own Class, 1948 | p. 27 |
Swinging for the Fences, 1949 | p. 41 |
A Season to Remember, 1950 | p. 57 |
Cracks in the Foundation, 1951-52 | p. 69 |
Two Strikes on Class AA, 1953-54 | p. 81 |
Return of the Twin Cities, 1955-56 | p. 93 |
Class A Loses Clout, 1957-58 | p. 107 |
Final Innings, 1959-60 | p. 119 |
The End of an Era | p. 127 |
Part II The Towns | |
Class AA: Minnesota's Big Leagues | p. 135 |
Class A Tough Competition | p. 163 |
Class B Small Towns with Big Dreams | p. 191 |
Part III The Players | |
Top of the Order: Four Icons of Town Team Ball | p. 223 |
Minnesota's Major-League Attractions | p. 243 |
All-Around Athletes: Stars from Other Sports | p. 259 |
Baseball's Nomads: Some Visited, Others Stayed | p. 275 |
Family Acts: Brothers Take Center Stage | p. 299 |
College Ringers: Summer Jobs between Semesters | p. 311 |
Minnesota's Own: Local Heroes and Metro Mercenaries | p. 329 |
Appendix State Tournament Highlights and Brackets, 1945-60 | p. 349 |
A Note on Sources | p. 395 |
Index | p. 397 |
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