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| Minor Miracles The Legend & Lure of Minor League Baseball |
| Pietrusza tells the colorful history of baseball's minor leagues, which have endured for 117 years. Humorous anecdotes and personality profiles abound. Recommended for popular collections. |
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| CONTENTS Acknowledgements Vii 1.The Minors: Where the Pros Began I 2.A Little More History: A Player’s Life 18 3.Fun and Games 30 4.Judge Bramham: Czar of the Minors 42 5.Howard Green: Minor League Missionary 49 6.After Pearl Harbor 58 7.The Minors' Screwiest Ballparks 68 8.Critters, Flora, Occupation: Minor League Team Nicknames 78 9.PCL Parks of the ‘50s: Nostalgia Ain’t What It Used to Be 85 10. Alabama Pitts 91 11. Bush League Scrapbook: Part I 98 12. Bush League scrapbokk: Part II 107 13. Frank Shaughnessy: He Saved the Minors 118 14. Before You Can Say Jack Robinson: Pro Baseball’s Black Pioneers 127 15. Steve Dalkowski: The Tragic Fireballer 134 16. Tommy Lasorda: Minor League Veteran 142 17. Father Martin Ran a Minor League 149 18. Unser Choe Hauser 154 19. Steve Bilko 162 20. Joe Engel: Baseball’s Barnum 169 21. The Mad Russian: Lou Novikoff 184 22. Ralph Kiner: A Hall-of-Famer Remembers the Minors 194 23. Declaration of Independependence: The Northern League 200 24. Strike Insurance 213 The Minor League Bibliography 223 About the Author 232 |
| "Pietrusza's love song to the minors...deftly written and presented." "It's a more than entertaining collection. It could keep you amused for weeks." "Humorous anecdotes and personality profiles abound." "Excellent" |
| —The Sporting News |
| —Baseball America |
| —Library Journal |
| —Library Journal |
| —Jeff Guinn and Bobby Bragan |
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