One Season in Rocket City by Dale Tafoya HARDBACK 9781496230737

One Season in Rocket City\nby Dale Tafoya\nHardback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Dale Tafoya\nTitle: One Season in Rocket City\nFormat: Hardback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: History of sport\nPublisher: University of Nebraska Press\nPublication year: 2023\nISBN-13: 9781496230737\nISBN-10: 1496230736\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nNamed a Best Baseball Book of 2023 by Sports Collectors Digest\n\n It\u2019s 1984. Minor League Baseball mogul Larry Schmittou needs a new home for his Southern League Nashville Sounds franchise. Walt Jocketty, an Oakland A\u2019s executive, searches for a new town for his Double-A club. Fate brings them together in Huntsville, Alabama, a city in need of an outlet to unite its residents. Thus the Huntsville Stars are born. One Season in Rocket City brings to life the b.