Research Catalog

Title

Baseball in Minnesota : the definitive history / Stew Thornley.

Author

Thornley, Stew.

Publication

St. Paul, MN : Minnesota Historical Society Press, c2006.

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Holdings

Details

Description

xii, 259 p. : ill.; 28 cm.

Summary

Beginning with the sunny August afternoon in 1857 when Minnesota's first ball club was organized in Nininger and continuing through the Twins' latest season, Baseball in Minnesota is the first 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.

Subject

Baseball > Minnesota > History

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-247) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Baseball takes hold in Minnesota -- Early professional baseball in Minnesota -- Stadium story I : early Twin Cities ball parks -- Saints and Millers -- Stadium story II : Nicollet and Lexington (and Midway) -- Other Minnesota professional teams -- The town teams : amateur & semiprofessional baseball -- The rise of the Minnesota Gophers -- Black ball and base belles -- The Minnesota Twins -- Stadium story III : Metropolitan Stadium and the Metrodome.

ISBN

087351551X (hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2005028641

OCLC

61821775

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library