One season in Rocket City : how the 1985 Huntsville Stars brought minor league baseball fever to Alabama
(2023)
By:
Tafoya, Dale
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
796.35764/TAFOYA,D
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2023]
DESCRIPTION
xi, 188 pages, 23 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781496230737, 1496230736, 9781496230737
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Prologue: Musical Chairs -- Music City's Field of Dreams -- The Phenom -- Albany Takeover -- Rocket City -- New Kids on the Block -- Huntsville Stars -- The Huntsville Kid -- Falling Stars -- Huntsville Lumber -- Southern Comfort -- Boys of Summer -- Champions -- Epilogue: Season for the Ages -- In Memory
""One Season in Rocket City" brings to life the baseball renaissance that shook up Huntsville, Alabama, in 1985. Through interviews with former players, managers, executives, coaches, and beat writers who witnessed the Stars take the Southern League by storm, it retells the city's romance with the club, success on the field, and push for a championship"--