Thom Henninger

The Pride of Minnesota

The Twins in the Turbulent 1960s

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Produktbeschreibung

Thom Henninger provides a nostalgic look at the era’s elite Minnesota Twins teams and the turbulent times in which they competed in four dramatic American League pennant races between 1965 and 1970.  

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Nebraska
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 196mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 635g
• ISBN-13: 9781496225603
• ISBN-10: 1496225600
• Artikelnr.: 61183098

Autorenporträt

Thom Henninger is the editor of Baseball Digest magazine. He is the author of Tony Oliva: The Life and Times of a Minnesota Twins Legend.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations    
Preface        
Acknowledgments    
Introduction: A Contender Emerges in Troubling Times    
1. A New Day        
2. The Fast Start    
3. Taking Flight on a Bumpy Ride    
4. An All-Star Summer    
5. A Pennant Race in a Rocking New World    
6. The Stretch Run    
7. Beating the Best    
8. Too Much Koufax, Not Enough Contact    
9. Plymouth Avenue on Fire    
10. Change in the Air    
11. The Summer of Love Heats Up    
12. Getting Better    
13. Down to the Wire    
14. A Difficult Year to Forget    
15. Billy Ball Brings the Twins Back to Life    
16. Killer, Carew, Two Twenty-Game Winners, and the Men on the Moon    
17. Peace, Love, and a Division Title    
18. In a Game of Inches, Twins Swept Away    
19. Four Dead in Ohio    
20. Dutch Treat Pays Dividends    
21. Baseballs and Bombs    
22. Twins Claim Second AL West Crown    
Epilogue: What Happened to the Twins?    
Bibliography        
Index