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One season in Rocket City : how the 1985 Huntsville Stars brought minor league baseball fever to Alabama / Dale Tafoya ; foreword by Sandy Alderson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tafoya, Dale, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Minor league baseball.
- Huntsville Stars (Baseball team).
- Huntsville (Ala.)--Social life and customs.
- Huntsville (Ala.).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (225 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2023]
- Summary:
- Dale Tafoya brings to life the baseball renaissance that shook up Huntsville, Alabama, in 1985, when the Stars took the Southern League by storm.
- Contents:
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Foreword
- Prologue: Musical Chairs
- 1. Music City's Field of Dreams
- 2. The Phenom
- 3. Albany Takeover
- 4. Rocket City
- 5. New Kids on the Block
- 6. Huntsville Stars
- 7. The Huntsville Kid
- 8. Falling Stars
- 9. Huntsville Lumber
- 10. Southern Comfort
- 11. Boys of Summer
- 12. Champions
- Epilogue: Season for the Ages
- In Memory
- Acknowledgments
- Notes on Research and Sources
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Tafoya, Dale One Season in Rocket City
- ISBN:
- 1-4962-3569-X
- 1-4962-3568-1
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