Bradley University meanwhile raised a young lad by the name of Kirby Puckett, who
spent his freshman year as a B.U. Brave before going on to become one of the key
reasons for two Minnesota Twins World Series titles... one of several reasons
why Kirby would be inducted into the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame in 2002.
All of this added up to a wonderful history of baseball in Peoria Illinois,
even if there had been questions about the quality of their ballparks and a seemingly
never ending battle to keep attendance at acceptable levels. |