One Season in Rocket City: How the 1985 Huntsville Stars Brought Minor League Baseball Fever to Alabama

by Dale Tafoya

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1496230736
• ISBN13: 9781496230737
• Release Date: April 2023
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"