The National Pastime: Baseball in the Land of 10,000 Lakes (2024)
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- Editor’s Note: The National Pastime 2024
Michael J. Haupert - The First Pennant for Minneapolis
Rich Arpi - A ‘Peaceful War of Baseball’: University of Minnesota Beats Waseda University, 3–2, in 15 Innings, May 26, 1911
Bill Staples Jr. - Rube Foster’s Canadian Farm Teams
Terry Bohn - 100 Years Since Local Franchise’s First World Title: 1924 Washington Senators
Stew Thornley - Spencer Harris: A Decade of Minor-League Greatness in Minneapolis
Joel Rippel - From Crookston to Cooperstown: Chet Brewer and John Donaldson Battle in a 12-Inning Integrated Duel
Peter Gorton and Bill Staples Jr. - A Giant’s Fall (To Minneapolis): Future Hall of Famer Dave Bancroft Reluctantly Guides the Millers’ Tumultuous 1933 Season
Tom Alesia - Hal Trosky: A Norway, Iowa, Boy Makes Good in the Major Leagues
Steve Krevisky - The Nights The Lights Went On In The Twin Cities
Stew Thornley - Minneapolis Millerettes
Brenda L. Himrich and Stew Thornley - Twin Cities Rivalry Feeds New York Rivalry, 1946–57
Alan Cohen - The Promised Land: The Twin Cities’ Long Flirtation with Major League Baseball
Vince Guerrieri - Old-Fashioned Town Ball Is Flourishing in Minnesota
Armand Peterson and Brian Larson - Prelude to a Pennant: Twins Baseball, 1961–64
Francis Kinlaw - From Kralick to Lopez and Carew to Polanco: Interesting Aspects of the Pitcher’s Cycles and Batter’s Cycles Achieved by Minnesota Twins Players
Herm Krabbenhoft - Sandy in Minny: Honoring Him for That
Ron Kaplan - The Glory of Our Friendship: Lawrence Ritter and Me
Larry Mansch - Reliever Ron Perranoski: A[nother] Tale of Two Cities
Wayne M. Towers - Red Springs: The Littlest Baseball Town in America
Christopher Chavis - The Other Perry: Gaylord’s Big Brother Jim Helped Pitch the Twins to Two Division Titles
Joseph Wancho - Butch Wynegar: From Single-A to the Major League All-Star Game in One Year
Joseph Wancho - Defending World Champions Deliver Rare Road Fireworks: Minnesota Twins at Toronto Blue Jays, August 3, 1988
Maxwell Kates - ‘Situations and Tendencies’: The Minnesota Twins, the Hero’s Journey, and the Unsung Magic of ‘Little Big League’
David Krell - Joe Mauer: A First-Ballot Hall of Famer Without Question
Sam Sundermeyer