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Tony Oliva : the life and times of a Minnesota Twins legend / Thom Henninger ; foreword by Patrick Reusse.
Van Pelt Library GV865.O44 H46 2015
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Henninger, Thom, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Oliva, Tony, 1938-.
- Oliva, Tony.
- Baseball players--United States--Biography.
- Baseball players.
- United States.
- Minnesota Twins (Baseball team).
- Oliva, Tony, 1941-.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 268 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis ; London : University of Minnesota Press, [2015]
- Contents:
- Young Pedro
- Life after Cuba closes
- The Minor Leagues
- A fast start to a Big League career
- Injured rookie wins unprecedented batting crown
- Oliva leads pennant push
- Life's highs and lows
- The great pennant race of 1967
- Marriage and family in the Year of the Pitcher
- Baseball's summer of change
- Twins repeat with a new Bill in charge
- Family reunions and the career-changing knee injury
- The extremes of 1972
- The final years as a player
- Tony O: The Man
- The Hall of Fame question.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 9780816694891
- 0816694893
- OCLC:
- 894746355
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