Joel RippelJoel Rippel is a news assistant for the Star Tribune in Minneapolis. A graduate of the University of Minnesota, he has worked for newspapers for nearly forty years and is the author or coauthor of eleven books on Minnesota sports history. As amember of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR), he has contributed as a writer or editor to two dozen books published by SABR. He lives in Minneapolis and can be reached at joelrippel@hotmail.com. Read More Read Less