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"The history of professional baseball on the Prairies is fraught with failure, occasionally buffered by small victories. The players have run the gamut from future Hall of Famers to brawling hooligans. The crowds have varied from rogues to royalty. These northern climes have forced teams to take the field in snow, gale-force winds, and even an attack of moths, but somehow the game has preserved". An American and Canadian prairie history of baseball as it was meant to be played, from 1886 to the present! Lewis St. George Stubbs' comprehensive research uncovers the rich history of the prairie provinces and states-the teams and leagues, as well as regional heroes of the games.