Minnesota Baseball

Bugsy · #1 07-03-2012, 05:58 PM

Then I can't wait to see the issue. A large part of my collection is dedicated to the St. Paul Saints!

Here is a uniform worn by one of Duke Snider's teammates during the 1947 season

Bugsy · #2 07-03-2012, 06:04 PM

St. Paul was a powerhouse in the 1920s. They had some of the best minor league teams ever during that period; several of their players went on to play with the 1920s Yankees.

Here is their 1920 American Association championship trophy and a watch fob presented to manager Mike Kelley for winning the 1919, 1920, and 1922 titles.

Runscott · #3 07-03-2012, 06:34 PM

Here's a team photo of the 1939 Minneapolis Millers, featuring Ted Williams. The issue referenced above has an article about Ted's 1939 season with them:

sycks22 · #4 07-03-2012, 06:56 PM

A lot of big names played for the Millers back in the day including Teddy ballgame / Yaz / Mays and more. I loved seeing the twins in the throw backs a couple days ago in the millers unis.

drc · #5 07-03-2012, 08:42 PM

A lot of great players when through St. Paul/Minneapolis: Rube Waddell, Ted Williams, Willie Mays, Moe Berg, Roger Bresnahan, Ray Dandridge, Zach Wheat, Carl Yastremski, Jimmy Collins, Orlando Cepeda, Billy Herman, Monte Irvin, Gavvy Cravath, Gene Mauch, George Kelly, Hoyt Wilhelm, Felipe Alou, to name just some.

kmac32 · #6 07-03-2012, 10:55 PM

Busy,

My great great uncle played for the Saints 1919 through 1921. In 1921, he went on to play for the Yankees. He also played in the 1921 world series.

Tom Hufford · #7 07-03-2012, 11:37 PM

Several years ago, the SABR Board of Directors decided to re-name the convention publication as "The National Pastime" (SABR holds the trademark to that title, by the way), and to distribute it to the entire membership, rather than just those who attended the convention. The 2012 convention was held in Minneapolis this past weekend - thus the "Baseball in Minnesota" theme.

Next year's convention will be in Philadelphia, and at the board meeting we held last Wednesday (June 27) we awarded the 2014 convention to Houston. That should answer your question about "when does 'Houston Baseball' get an issue?"

Runscott · #8 07-04-2012, 11:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kmac32

Busy,

My great great uncle played for the Saints 1919 through 1921. In 1921, he went on to play for the Yankees. He also played in the 1921 world series.

Ken, that is super-cool. I assume you have a mini-museum of his stuff?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tom Hufford

Next year's convention will be in Philadelphia, and at the board meeting we held last Wednesday (June 27) we awarded the 2014 convention to Houston. That should answer your question about "when does 'Houston Baseball' get an issue?"

Thanks Tom. That's great news - I need to start paying better attention to those SABR emails. I was gung-ho for the first few months, participating in the various sub-forums, etc., but rarely got any response to anything I posted and I eventually lost interest. Now that I am semi-retired, I might try to get involved again.

Bugsy · #9 07-04-2012, 10:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kmac32

Busy,

My great great uncle played for the Saints 1919 through 1921. In 1921, he went on to play for the Yankees. He also played in the 1921 world series.

Was it Norm? I believe he was in St. Paul from 1925-27

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