The Pride of Minnesota The Twins in the Turbulent 1960s【電子書籍】[ Thom Henninger ]

＜p＞The 1960s were a heady time to come of age. The British Invasion transformed pop music and culture. The fledgling space program offered a thrilling display of modern technology. The civil rights movement and Vietnam War drew young people to American politics, spurring them to think more critically about the state of the nation. And the assassinations Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy in 1968 shook the United States to the core. During these turbulent times the Minnesota Twins were the pride of the North Star Stateーan elite team that advanced to the World Series in 1965 and played in dramatic pennant races in the years thereafter.＜/p＞ ＜p＞After an uneven 1964 season the Twins set themselves up for a turnaround that would last the rest of the decade. At the end of his playing career with the Twins, Billy Martin was hired as third base coach in 1965, giving them a more aggressive base-running style. Mudcat Grant became the first African American pitcher to win at least twenty．．．楽天市場のショップで商品詳細の続きを見る