Tony Oliva: The Life and Times of a Minnesota Twins Legend

by Thom Henninger

Book Overview

The astounding success and personal struggle of the Twins' beloved outfielder and batting champion--from his arrival from Cuba at age twenty-two to the present

If not for the botched Bay of Pigs invasion, Minnesota might never have known one of its most popular baseball players, Twins three-time batting champion and eight-time All-Star Tony Oliva. In April 1961, the twenty-two-year-old Cuban prospect failed to impress the Twins in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1517909708
• ISBN13: 9781517909703
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.2"