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Pride of Minnesota : The Twins in the Turbulent 1960s by Thom Henninger...
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Like New
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- “his book was bought and bn”
- ISBN
- 9781496225603
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
ISBN-10
1496225600
ISBN-13
9781496225603
eBay Product ID (ePID)
15050385782
Product Key Features
Book Title
Pride of Minnesota : the Twins in the Turbulent 1960s
Number of Pages
344 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2021
Topic
Baseball / History, General
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Sports & Recreation
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.3 in
Item Weight
25.8 Oz
Item Length
9.3 in
Item Width
6.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2020-041729
Reviews
" The Pride of Minnesota is a wonderful read, describing the early success of the Twins and the many important events that happened in the country during the era."--Jim Kaat, longtime Twins pitcher and current assistant to the Twins president, "Thom Henninger covers the shifts and upheavals of a period that was a magical time for Minnesota baseball fans. The 1960s brought the excitement of Major League Baseball to the state and set off the most successful decade the Twins ever had. . . . A hit for baseball fans and beyond."--Stew Thornley, Minnesota baseball historian, "This is a book that any Twins fan or baseball fan from the Upper Midwest will want to add to their collection. Full of both cultural references and excellent baseball from that era, it is a fine recollection of when the Minnesota Twins were one of the better teams in the American League."--Lance Smith, Guy Who Reviews Sports Books, "In The Pride of Minnesota , Thom Henninger brings fans back to a by-gone era that has many connections to present day. For fans, like me, that are too young to remember, this book paints a picture of what this important era meant to the Twins and to the country as a whole. Others who lived through the era will enjoy reminiscing about the pennant races and players that helped them to fall in love with baseball."--Cody Christie, Twins Daily
Dewey Edition
23
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Decimal
796.357/6409776579
Table Of Content
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
Synopsis
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., The 1960s were a heady time to come of age. The British Invasion transformed pop music and culture. The fledgling space program offered a thrilling display of modern technology. The civil rights movement and Vietnam War drew young people to American politics, spurring them to think more critically about the state of the nation. And the assassinations Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy in 1968 shook the United States to the core. During these turbulent times the Minnesota Twins were the pride of the North Star State--an elite team that advanced to the World Series in 1965 and played in dramatic pennant races in the years thereafter. After an uneven 1964 season the Twins set themselves up for a turnaround that would last the rest of the decade. At the end of his playing career with the Twins, Billy Martin was hired as third base coach in 1965, giving them a more aggressive base-running style. Mudcat Grant became the first African American pitcher to win at least twenty games in the American League, and Tony Oliva won his second batting title to help lead the Twins to the World Series, which they lost in seven games to the Dodgers. In 1967 rookie Rod Carew joined the Twins as they engaged in a historic pennant race but finished second to the Red Sox during their "Impossible Dream" season. In 1969 Martin took over as manager, and both Carew and Harmon Killebrew led the Twins to the American League Championship Series, only to lose to the Orioles, after which Martin was fired in part for a now-legendary bar fight. Bill Rigney took the helm in 1970 and steered the Twins to a second-straight division title and ALCS loss to the Orioles. In The Pride of Minnesota Thom Henninger details these pennant races, from the key moments and games to the personalities of the players involved, in the context of state and world events. Although the Twins won only one AL pennant in this stretch and failed to win the World Series, these memorable seasons, played in remarkable and compelling times, made for an important first decade in the team's early history.
LC Classification Number
GV875.M55.H46 2021
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