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The Negro Leagues Revisited

Author : Brent Kelley
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476612366
Total Pages : 399 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book The Negro Leagues Revisited written by Brent Kelley and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-05-20 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a followup volume to the acclaimed Voices from the Negro Leagues, (McFarland, 1998; softcover 2005) which features interviews with 52 former Negro League players from the 1920s to 1960s. Interviewed in this new volume are Bobby Robinson, Double Duty Radcliffe, Red Lindsay, Pullman Porter, Earl Wilson, Sr., Percy Reed, Joe Burt Scott, Willie Simms, Bo Campbell, Big Train Dudley, Mex Johnson, Buck O’Neil, Herbert Barnhill, Bernard Fernandez, Dick Powell, Jimmy Barnes, Charlie Biot, Monk Favors, Alton King, Buster Haywood, Casey Jones, Hickey Redd, Tommy Sampson, John Gibbons, Schoolboy Gulley, Schoolboy Kimbrough, Briefcase Simpson, Doc Dennis, Ralph Johnson, Lefty LaMarque, Junior Miller, Tex Williams, Baby Face Peatros, Big Jim McCurine, Eddie Williams, Zipper Zapp, Billy Fender, Dave Pope, Bill Powell, Marvin Price, Bob Scott, Dirk Gibbons, Hoss Ritchey, Lefty Bo Maddix, Hank Presswood, Mickey Stubblefield, Josh Gibson, Jr., Bobo Henderson, Fancy Dan Porter, Jumpin Johnny Wilson, Quack Brown, Granny Gladstone, Hoppy Hopkins, Carl Long, Jim Robinson, Juan Armenteros, Peanut Johnson, Eddie Reed, Ricky Maroto, Peachhead Mitchell, Ted Rasberry, Pedro Sierra, Jim Cobbin, Dick Scruggs, Sonny Webb and Tommy Taylor. Rare personal photographs and complete-as-possible statistics supplement the interviews.

Invisible Men

Author : Donn Rogosin
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 9780803259690
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (596 download)

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Download or read book Invisible Men written by Donn Rogosin and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2007-03-01 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Negro baseball leagues were a thriving sporting and cultural institution for African Americans from their founding in 1920 until Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in 1947. Rogosin's narrative pulls the veil off these "invisible men" and gives us a glorious chapter in American history.

"I Will Never Forget"

Author : Brent P. Kelley
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 9780786414819
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (148 download)

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Download or read book "I Will Never Forget" written by Brent P. Kelley and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book continues the riches of two highly praised previous volumes, Voices from the Negro Leagues interesting...solid--MultiCultural Review) and The Negro Leagues Revisited (wonderful--Booklist/RBB; voluminous...top-notch--Public Library Quarterly). The players interviewed in this new book of interviews are Bill Bethea, John Scoop Brown, Paul Casanova, Jim Colzie, Bunny Davis, Ross Davis, Clifford DuBose, Lionel Evelyn, Hubert Glenn, Herald Beebop Gordon, Raymond Haggins, J.C. Hartman, Joe Henry, Carl Holden, Vernell Jackson, Clarence Jenkins, Ernest Johnson, Thomas Johnson, Marvin Jones, Ezell King, Willie Lee, Larry LeGrande, William Little, Nathaniel McClinic, John Mitchell, Grady Montgomery, Bob Motley, Charley Pride, Mack Pride, Bill Sonny Randall, Henry Saverson, Eugene Scruggs, Willie Sheelor, Sam Taylor, Ron Teasley, James Way, Sam Williams, Walter Williams, and Willie Young. Photographs of the players and their teammates and complete-as-possible statistics supplement the interviews.

Black Barons of Birmingham

Author : Larry Powell
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786454806
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book Black Barons of Birmingham written by Larry Powell and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2009-10-21 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unique approach to the history of a Negro League team: The first half of this book covers the leagues and the players of the 1920s, the 1930s, and 1940 through 1947 (when Robinson broke the color barrier). The second half is devoted to the Black Barons of subsequent decades, the former Barons invited to tryout camps, others who were signed with minor league clubs, and the fortunate few who got their long-awaited chance in the majors.

Black Ball News (Revisited)

Author : Prentice Mills
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781687634580
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (345 download)

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Download or read book Black Ball News (Revisited) written by Prentice Mills and published by . This book was released on 2019-08-21 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published semi-monthly in magazine format from 1992-1993, Black Ball News was styled as The Journal of Negro Leagues Baseball History. Today, more than a quarter-century since its last issue appeared, original copies of the magazine are rare and highly sought after by researchers and collectors of baseball ephemera. This small volume is a compilation of ten interviews and stories selected from the pages of Black Ball News which capture the distinct character of professional black baseball, particularly as it existed in the South, and present an overview of the game as seen through the eyes of fans and men who wore the uniforms.

The Negro Leagues, 1869–1960

Author : Leslie A. Heaphy
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476603057
Total Pages : 383 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book The Negro Leagues, 1869–1960 written by Leslie A. Heaphy and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-03-13 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At his induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame, former Negro League player Buck Leonard said, “Now, we in the Negro Leagues felt like we were contributing something to baseball, too, when we were playing.... We loved the game.... But we thought that we should have and could have made the major leagues.” The Negro Leagues had some of the best talent in baseball but from their earliest days the players were segregated from those leagues that received all the recognition. This history of the Negro Leagues begins with the second half of the 19th century and the early attempts by African American players to be allowed to play with white teammates, and progresses through the “Gentleman’s Agreement” in the 1890s which kept baseball segregated. The establishment of the first successful Negro League in 1920 is covered and various aspects of the game for the players discussed (lodgings, travel accommodations, families, difficulties because of race, off-season jobs, play and life in Latin America). In 1960, the Birmingham Black Barons went out of business and took the Negro Leagues with them. There are many stories of individual players, owners, umpires, and others involved with the Negro Leagues in the U.S. and Latin America, along with photos, appendices, notes, bibliography and index.

The Negro Leagues in New Jersey

Author : Alfred M. Martin
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786451920
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book The Negro Leagues in New Jersey written by Alfred M. Martin and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-01-10 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work examines the historical significance of the state of New Jersey in the Negro League legacy, especially the black baseball players, teams, owners and managers, and their struggles against not just segregation, and their accomplishments. The book includes photographs, appendices (records of New Jersey Negro League teams, 1923-1948, and a chronology), notes, a bibliography of research sources, an annotated list of suggested further readings, and an index.

Pitching to the Pennant

Author : Joseph Wancho
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 0803254717
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book Pitching to the Pennant written by Joseph Wancho and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2014-04-01 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 1954 Cleveland Indians were one of the most remarkable baseball teams of all time. Their record for most wins (111) fell only when the baseball schedule expanded, and their winning percentage, an astounding .721, is still unsurpassed in the American League. Though the season ended with a heartbreaking loss to the New York Giants in the World Series, the 1954 team remains a favorite among Cleveland fans and beyond. Pitching to the Pennant commemorates the ’54 Indians with a biographical sketch of the entire team, from the “Big Three” pitching staff (Mike Garcia and future Hall of Famers Bob Lemon and Early Wynn), through notable players such as Bobby Avila, Bob Feller, Larry Doby, and Al Rosen, to manager Al Lopez, his coaches, and the Indians’ broadcast team. There are also stories about Cleveland Stadium and the 1954 All-Star Game (which the team hosted), as well as a season timeline and a firsthand account of Game One of the World Series at the Polo Grounds. Pitching to the Pennant features the superb writing and research of members of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR), making this book a must for all Indians fans and baseball aficionados.

Voices from the Negro Leagues

Author : Brent Kelley
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 9780786422791
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (227 download)

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Download or read book Voices from the Negro Leagues written by Brent Kelley and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2005-03-17 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Baseball lore is replete with the tales of such legendary Negro League stars as Satchel Paige, Cool Papa Bell, Josh Gibson and a few others. But the stories of the many other African Americans, both stars and journeymen, have largely been forgotten. These were the men who barnstormed the country, playing in loosely organized leagues and eking out a living doing what they did best, playing baseball. In this work, 52 players reminisce about what it was like to play in the Negro Leagues, from the great teams and players to the terrible Jim Crow conditions they faced in the South. Now in their sixties, seventies and eighties, these men reflect on their careers with humor, bluntness, and poignancy, providing a rich record of a part of the game that is quickly being lost to history.

The Negro Southern League

Author : William J. Plott
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476617392
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book The Negro Southern League written by William J. Plott and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-04-02 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Negro Southern League was a baseball minor league that operated off and on from 1920 to 1951. It served as a valuable feeder system to the Negro National League and the Negro American League. A number of NNL and NAL stars got their start in the NSL, among them five Hall of Famers including Satchel Paige and Willie Mays. During its history, more than 80 teams were members of the league, representing 40 cities in a dozen states. In the end only four teams remained, operating more as semipro than professional teams. This book is a narrative history of the league from its inception with eight teams in major Southern cities until its demise three decades later.

Negro League Baseball

Author : Neil Lanctot
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 0812202562
Total Pages : 509 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (122 download)

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Download or read book Negro League Baseball written by Neil Lanctot and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 509 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of black professional baseball provides a remarkable perspective on several major themes in modern African American history: the initial black response to segregation, the subsequent struggle to establish successful separate enterprises, and the later movement toward integration. Baseball functioned as a critical component in the separate economy catering to black consumers in the urban centers of the North and South. While most black businesses struggled to survive from year to year, professional baseball teams and leagues operated for decades, representing a major achievement in black enterprise and institution building. Negro League Baseball: The Rise and Ruin of a Black Institution presents the extraordinary history of a great African American achievement, from its lowest ebb during the Depression, through its golden age and World War II, until its gradual disappearance during the early years of the civil rights era. Faced with only a limited amount of correspondence and documents, Lanctot consulted virtually every sports page of every black newspaper located in a league city. He then conducted interviews with former players and scrutinized existing financial, court, and federal records. Through his efforts, Lanctot has painstakingly reconstructed the institutional history of black professional baseball, locating the players, teams, owners, and fans in the wider context of the league's administration. In addition, he provides valuable insight into the changing attitudes of African Americans toward the need for separate institutions.

Historical Dictionary of Baseball

Author : Lyle Spatz
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 0810879549
Total Pages : 505 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book Historical Dictionary of Baseball written by Lyle Spatz and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2012-12-21 with total page 505 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dating back to 1869 as an organized professional sport, the game of baseball is not only the oldest professional sport in North America, but also symbolizes much more. Walt Whitman described it as “our game, the American game,” and George Will compared calling baseball “just a game” to the Grand Canyon being “just a hole.” Countless others have called baseball “the most elegant game,” and to those who have played it, it’s life. The Historical Dictionary of Baseball is primarily devoted to the major leagues it also includes entries on the minor leagues, the Negro Leagues, women’s baseball, baseball in various other countries, and other non-major league related topics. It traces baseball, in general, and these topics individually, from their beginnings up to the present. This is done through a chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 900 cross-referenced entries on the roles of the players on the field—batters, pitchers, fielders—as well as non-playing personnel—general managers, managers, coaches, and umpires. There are also entries for individual teams and leagues, stadiums and ballparks, the role of the draft and reserve clause, and baseball’s rules, and statistical categories. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the sport of baseball.

The Set-Up Men

Author : Sarah L. Trembanis
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786477962
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book The Set-Up Men written by Sarah L. Trembanis and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-07-11 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an examination of cultural resistance to segregation in the world of black baseball through an analysis of editorial art, folktales, nicknames, "manhood" and the art of clowning. African Americans worked to dismantle Jim Crow through the creation of a cultural counter-narrative that centered on baseball and the Negro Leagues that celebrated black achievement and that highlighted the contradictions and fallacies of white supremacy in the first half of the twentieth century.

Negro Leaguers and the Hall of Fame

Author : Steven R. Greenes
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476641110
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Negro Leaguers and the Hall of Fame written by Steven R. Greenes and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2020-09-02 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since 1971, 35 Negro League baseball players and executives have been admitted to the Hall of Fame. The Negro League Hall of Fame admissions process, which has now been conducted in four phases over a 50-year period, can be characterized as idiosyncratic at best. Drawing on baseball analytics and surveys of both Negro League historians and veterans, this book presents an historical overview of NLHOF voting, with an evaluation of whether the 35 NL players selected were the best choices. Using modern metrics such as Wins Above Replacement (WAR), 24 additional Negro Leaguers are identified who have Hall of Fame qualifications. Brief biographies are included for HOF-quality players and executives who have been passed over, along with reasons why they may have been excluded. A proposal is set forth for a consistent and orderly HOF voting process for the Negro Leagues.

Mamie on the Mound

Author : Leah Henderson
Publisher : Capstone
ISBN 13 : 1684467993
Total Pages : 33 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (844 download)

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Download or read book Mamie on the Mound written by Leah Henderson and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2023 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mamie "Peanut" Johnson had one dream: to play professional baseball. She was a talented player, but she wasn't welcome in the segregated All-American Girls Pro Baseball League due to the color of her skin. However, a greater opportunity came her way in 1953 when Johnson signed to play ball for the Negro Leagues' Indianapolis Clowns, becoming the first female pitcher to play on a men's professional team. During the three years she pitched for the Clowns, her record was an impressive 33-8. But more importantly, she broke ground for other female athletes and for women everywhere.

The Baltimore Elite Giants

Author : Bob Luke
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 0801891167
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book The Baltimore Elite Giants written by Bob Luke and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2009-05 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides a history of the Elite Giants of Baltimore baseball team in the Negro League. Highlights pivotal games, players, and league decisions. Also discusses the relationship between the team and major league baseball during integration.

Black Baseball Entrepreneurs, 1860-1901

Author : Michael E. Lomax
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780815607861
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book Black Baseball Entrepreneurs, 1860-1901 written by Michael E. Lomax and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 2003-04-01 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is the first in-depth account of the birth of black baseball and its dramatic passage from grass-roots venture to commercial enterprise. In the late nineteenth century resourceful black businessmen founded ball teams that became the Negro Leagues. Racial bias aside, they faced vast odds, from the need to court white sponsors to negotiating ball parks. With no blacks in cities, they barnstormed small towns to attract fans, employing all manner of gimmickry to rouse attention. Drawing on major newspapers and obscure African-American journals, the author explores the diverse forces that shaped minority baseball. He looks unflinchingly at prejudice in amateur and pro circles and constant inadequate press coverage. He assesses the impact of urbanization, migration, and the rise of northern ghettoes, and he applauds those bold innovators who forged black baseball into a parallel club that appealed to whites yet nurtured a uniquely African American playing style. This was black baseball's finest hour: at once a source of great ethnic pride and a hard won pathway for integration into the mainstream.