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  • Open Daily: 10am - 10pm
    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Best Little Baseball Town in the World: The Crowley Millers and Minor League Baseball in the 1950s

Best Little Baseball Town in the World: The Crowley Millers and Minor League Baseball in the 1950s

White, Gaylon H.

Hardcover

Baseball & Softball20th Century United States HistoryRegional: South

ISBN10: 1538141159
ISBN13: 9781538141151
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: Apr 21 2021
Pages: 280
Weight: 1.20
Height: 1.00 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.10
Language: English

The Crowley Millers were the talk of minor league baseball in the 1950s, with crowds totaling nearly 10 times Crowley's population and earning Crowley the nickname of The Best Little Baseball Town in the World.
The Best Little Baseball Town in the World: The Crowley Millers and Minor League Baseball in the 1950s tells the fun, quirky story of Crowley, Louisiana, in the fifties, a story that reads more like fiction than nonfiction. The Crowley Millers' biggest star was Conklyn Meriwether, a slugger who became infamous after he retired when he killed his in-laws with an axe. Their former manager turned out to be a con man, dying in jail while awaiting trial on embezzlement charges. The 1951 team was torn to pieces after their young centerfielder was struck and killed by lightning during a game. But aside from the tragedy and turmoil, the Crowley Millers also played some great baseball and were the springboard to stardom for George Brunet and Dan Pfister, two Crowley pitchers who made it to the majors.

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