Book "Twins at the Met" by Bob Showers

    The Twins at the Met captures the rich and colorful history of Minnesota Twins baseball at Metropolitan Stadium. Long before Target Field, and long before the Dome, there was the Met Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington, the initial home ballpark for the Minnesota Twins. It was Minnesota's first taste of Major League Baseball in the great outdoors, and for 21 seasons was complete with Hall of Fame performances, vivid characters and unpredictable weather. Through new interviews with legendary Twins players and staff, the book is packed with fond recollections and candid comments on the Met Stadium era. From Bob Allison to tailgaters, Bombo Rivera to the bomb scare and Rich Reese to the Beatles, the history is told by those who were there.

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Book " Town Ball Parks of Minnesota" by Todd Mueller

Border to border, Minnesota has over three hundred town ball (amateur) baseball teams. Town Ball Parks of Minnesota takes the reader on a tour of the state's most revered ballparks, ranging from a multi-million dollar metro complex to a rural field at the end of a dirt road--arguably the most remote ballpark in the state.
Over the course of four years and thousands of miles, the author traveled the state to visit these ballparks, then selected twenty-seven unique, historic, and beloved ballparks. The result is a book on town ball unlike any other publication.
Town Ball Parks of Minnesota features five hundred photographs selected from over 20,000 images, together with entertaining stories about the teams, the ballparks, and the towns. For those readers who grew up with town ball, this book will be an entertaining look at the sport they know and have loved for generations. For those unfamiliar with town ball, the book will afford you a glimpse into why these ballparks are considered some of the state's greatest sports treasures.
Ready to come along on the tour? This is a trip worth taking