Swinging for the Fences: Black Baseball in Minnesota
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From the early formation of barnstorming teams that toured the state to the moment Dave Winfield hit number three thousand, Minnesota's African American ball players have made the state a land of baseball. However, the stories of many black players parallel the larger struggle for civil rights. Those tales, collected here for the first time, show how teamwork on and off the field led first to acceptance, then to public admiration and triumph.

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From the early formation of barnstorming teams that toured the state to the moment Dave Winfield hit number three thousand, Minnesota's African American ball players have made the state a land of baseball. However, the stories of many black players parallel the larger struggle for civil rights. Those tales, collected here for the first time, show how teamwork on and off the field led first to acceptance, then to public admiration and triumph.
Autorenporträt
Steven R. Hoffbeck is a history professor at Minnesota State University--Moorhead and the author of The Haymakers: A Chronicle of Five Farm Families (Minnesota Historical Society Press), which won the Minnesota Book Award in 2001. A lifelong fan of America's game, he lives in Barnesville, Minnesota. Contributors include: Dan Cagley, Teri Ann Finneman, Ted Genoways, Peter Gorton, William D. Green, Jim Karn, Kwame McDonald, Kyle McNary, Joel A. Rippel, and Jay Weiner.