| 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.
colorful history of
baseball's minor
leagues, which have
endured for 117
years. Humorous
anecdotes and
personality profiles
abound.
Recommended for
popular collections.
CONTENTS
Acknowledgements Vii
1.The Minors: Where the Pros Began 1
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 Scrapbook: 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
Acknowledgements Vii
1.The Minors: Where the Pros Began 1
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 Scrapbook: 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."
--The Sporting News
"It's a more than entertaining collection.
It could keep you amused for weeks."
--Baseball America
"Humorous anecdotes and personality
profiles abound."
--Library Journal
"comprehensive"
--Sacramento Bee
"Excellent"
--Jeff Guinn and Bobby Bragan
minors...deftly written and presented."
--The Sporting News
"It's a more than entertaining collection.
It could keep you amused for weeks."
--Baseball America
"Humorous anecdotes and personality
profiles abound."
--Library Journal
"comprehensive"
--Sacramento Bee
"Excellent"
--Jeff Guinn and Bobby Bragan
--Library Journal
