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- One Season in Rocket City: How the 1985 Huntsville Stars Brought Minor League Baseball Fever to Alabama, (Hardcover)
- Author: University of Nebraska Press
- ISBN: 9781496230737
- Format: Hardcover
- Publication Date: 2023-04-01
- Page Count: 224
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- Fiction/nonfictionNon-Fiction
- GenreSports & Racing
- Pub date2023-04-01
- Pages224
- SubgenreBaseball
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Named a Best Baseball Book of 2023 by Sports Collectors Digest It's 1984. Minor League Baseball mogul Larry Schmittou needs a new home for his Southern League Nashville Sounds franchise. Walt Jocketty, an Oakland A's executive, searches for a new town for his Double-A club. Fate brings them together in Huntsville, Alabama, a city in need of an outlet to unite its residents. Thus the Huntsville Stars are born. One Season in Rocket City brings to life the baseball renaissance that shook up Huntsville, a city many doubted would support professional baseball. Named after Huntsville's celebrated space industry, the Stars electrified the town with baseball fever to become one of the biggest attractions in Minor League Baseball that first season. Composed of Oakland's top prospects, who later fueled the A's championship run in the late 1980s, the Stars were the hottest ticket in town. Visiting teams called Huntsville the \"Minor League show,\" and the Stars were the toast of the Southern League. Wearing patriotic red, white, and blue team colors, the team won the Southern League championship in their first year, led by future Major Leaguers Darrel Akerfelds, Tim Belcher, Greg Cadaret, José Canseco, Brian Dorsett, Stan Javier, Eric Plunk, Luis Polonia, and Terry Steinbach. But besides the lineup of touted prospects on the club, it was the gutsy role players who never reached the Major Leagues that willed them to a championship. Through interviews with former players, managers, executives, coaches, and beat writers who witnessed the Stars take the Southern League by storm, Dale Tafoya depicts the city's romance with the club, success on the field, and push for a championship. Beginning with a glimpse into Huntsville's rich history, One Season in Rocket City takes readers on a journey through the team's dramatic founding, Huntsville politics, tape-measure home runs, and the club's resilience to win the championship despite losing top players to promotions in midseason. The Stars were just what Huntsville needed.
- One Season in Rocket City: How the 1985 Huntsville Stars Brought Minor League Baseball Fever to Alabama, (Hardcover)
- Author: University of Nebraska Press
- ISBN: 9781496230737
- Format: Hardcover
- Publication Date: 2023-04-01
- Page Count: 224
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