Review of Nebraska Diamonds: A Brief History of Baseball Major Leaguers from the Cornhusker State

Authors

Stu Fliger Burns

Date of this Version

1994

Document Type

Article

Comments

Published in Great Plains Quarterly 14:2 (Spring 1994). Copyright © 1994 Center for Great Plains Studies, University of Nebraska–Lincoln.

Abstract

Has Nebraska produced baseball players of major league quality? The answer, according to Jerry Clark, is "Over a hundred, thank you." Nebraska Diamonds is a collection of biogra.. phies of major leaguers hailing from the Corn.. husker State. I t does not discriminate according to player quality, detailing the ca.. reers of both Sam Crawford, who had a hall of fame career, and John Sanders, who appeared in one game. Nor does it exclude non..lifetime Nebraska residents like Wade Boggs, born in Nebraska but raised in Florida. Some sketches include personal details, but most concentrate on each athlete's baseball career.