Finnell, Joshua. “Peoria Chiefs.” NINE: A Journal of Baseball History and Culture, vol. 33 no. 1, 2024, p. 1-1.
Yellow Caterpillar casting a long shadow over the stadium
A Midwest League with a California Angel
National League Central franchises divide a city
The Windy City and a Hall of Fame hurler
The Gateway to the West through a catcher’s mitt
Rehabilitating Rookies of the Year and Cy Young Award winners
World Series managers emerge from a unionized city
The 700 Club glimpsed from a prospect’s swing
It all played in Peoria
A bulldozer for a field
Joshua Finnell 
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