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Today we are joined by author Tom Henninger, who's here to talk about his book, The Pride of Minnesota.

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Tom Henninger is the editor of Baseball Digest Magazine.

He's the author of Tony Aliva,

The Life and Times of a Minnesota Twins legend. Today he's here to discuss the Pride of Minnesota,

the Twins in the Turbulent 1960s. I'd like to thank Sean Crest for his help in putting this

episode together. And as always, thanks to

Jay Daniel, who does our social media graphics. Let's get started.

Hi, Tom. Welcome to Baseball by the book. Thank you. I'm glad to be here today.

Major League Baseball came to Minnesota at the start of the 1960s when the Washington Senators moved to Minneapolis.

What kind of a baseball town was Minneapolis at the time? What was the area's history with the game

in terms of the minor leagues and things like that? It was kind of a fun scene. My dad would take me to

St. Paul Saints games, which was an affiliate of the Dodgers.

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