The story of Tony Oliva, one of Minnesota’s most popular baseball players, is told for the first time in this full-scale biography. Through the voices of Oliva, his family, and his teammates, Thom Henninger charts the highs and lows of Oliva’s remarkable career along with his struggles to build a family and recover the large and close-knit community he had left behind in Cuba.
The story of Tony Oliva, one of Minnesota’s most popular baseball players, is told for the first time in this full-scale biography. Through the voices of Oliva, his family, and his teammates, Thom Henninger charts the highs and lows of Oliva’s remarkable career along with his struggles to build a family and recover the large and close-knit community he had left behind in Cuba.
Thom Henninger, a St. Paul native and lifelong Twins fan, is associate editor at Baseball Digest. His work has appeared in ESPN Insider, and for more than seventeen years he wrote for STATS LLC, where his column “Thom’s Take” ran weekly. He has authored player profiles for Baseball America and contributed to Play It Again: Baseball Experts on What Might Have Been. Patrick Reusse is a sportswriter and radio personality in the Twin Cities. He writes weekly columns for the Minneapolis–St. Paul Star Tribune.
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Contents Foreword Patrick Reusse Preface 1. Young Pedro 2. Life after Cuba Closes 3. The Minor Leagues 4. A Fast Start to a Big League Career 5. Injured Rookie Wins Unprecedented Batting Crown 6. Oliva Leads Pennant Push 7. Life’s Highs and Lows 8. The Great Pennant Race of 1967 9. Marriage and Family in the Year of the Pitcher 10. Baseball’s Summer of Change 11. Twins Repeat with a New Bill in Charge 12. Family Reunions and the Career-Changing Knee Injury 13. The Extremes of 1972 14. The Final Years as a Player 15. Tony O: The Man Epilogue: The Hall of Fame Question Acknowledgments Index
Contents Foreword Patrick Reusse Preface 1. Young Pedro 2. Life after Cuba Closes 3. The Minor Leagues 4. A Fast Start to a Big League Career 5. Injured Rookie Wins Unprecedented Batting Crown 6. Oliva Leads Pennant Push 7. Life’s Highs and Lows 8. The Great Pennant Race of 1967 9. Marriage and Family in the Year of the Pitcher 10. Baseball’s Summer of Change 11. Twins Repeat with a New Bill in Charge 12. Family Reunions and the Career-Changing Knee Injury 13. The Extremes of 1972 14. The Final Years as a Player 15. Tony O: The Man Epilogue: The Hall of Fame Question Acknowledgments Index
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