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The Negro Leagues Revisited

Brent Kelley
The Negro Leagues Revisited Book PDF

Author : Brent Kelley
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2015-05-20
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781476612362

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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.

Black Barons of Birmingham

Larry Powell
Black Barons of Birmingham Book PDF

Author : Larry Powell
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2009-10-21
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780786454808

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Black Barons of Birmingham by Larry Powell Pdf

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.

The Negro Leagues, 1869-1960

Leslie A. Heaphy
The Negro Leagues 1869 1960 Book PDF

Author : Leslie A. Heaphy
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 1035 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2015-03-13
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781476603056

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The Negro Leagues, 1869-1960 by Leslie A. Heaphy Pdf

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.

Invisible Men

Donn Rogosin
Invisible Men Book PDF

Author : Donn Rogosin
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2007-03-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0803259697

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Invisible Men by Donn Rogosin Pdf

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.

The Negro Leagues in New Jersey

Alfred M. Martin,Alfred T. Martin
The Negro Leagues in New Jersey Book PDF

Author : Alfred M. Martin,Alfred T. Martin
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2014-01-10
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780786451920

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The Negro Leagues in New Jersey by Alfred M. Martin,Alfred T. Martin Pdf

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

Joseph Wancho,Rick Huhn,Leonard Levin,Bill Nowlin,Steve Johnson
Pitching to the Pennant Book PDF

Author : Joseph Wancho,Rick Huhn,Leonard Levin,Bill Nowlin,Steve Johnson
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2014-04-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780803254718

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Pitching to the Pennant by Joseph Wancho,Rick Huhn,Leonard Levin,Bill Nowlin,Steve Johnson Pdf

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

Brent Kelley
Voices from the Negro Leagues Book PDF

Author : Brent Kelley
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2005-03-17
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0786422793

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Voices from the Negro Leagues by Brent Kelley Pdf

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

William J. Plott
The Negro Southern League Book PDF

Author : William J. Plott
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2015-04-02
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781476617398

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The Negro Southern League by William J. Plott Pdf

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

Neil Lanctot
Negro League Baseball Book PDF

Author : Neil Lanctot
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 509 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780812202564

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Negro League Baseball by Neil Lanctot Pdf

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

Lyle Spatz
Historical Dictionary of Baseball Book PDF

Author : Lyle Spatz
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 505 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-21
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780810879546

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Historical Dictionary of Baseball by Lyle Spatz Pdf

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

Sarah L. Trembanis
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Author : Sarah L. Trembanis
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2014-07-25
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780786477968

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The Set-Up Men by Sarah L. Trembanis Pdf

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.

Black Ball News (Revisited)

Prentice Mills
Black Ball News Revisited Book PDF

Author : Prentice Mills
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2019-08-21
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1687634580

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Black Ball News (Revisited) by Prentice Mills Pdf

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.

Negro Leaguers and the Hall of Fame

Steven R. Greenes
Negro Leaguers and the Hall of Fame Book PDF

Author : Steven R. Greenes
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2020-09-02
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781476641119

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Negro Leaguers and the Hall of Fame by Steven R. Greenes Pdf

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

Leah Henderson
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Author : Leah Henderson
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 33 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781684467990

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Mamie on the Mound by Leah Henderson Pdf

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

Bob Luke
The Baltimore Elite Giants Book PDF

Author : Bob Luke
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2009-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9780801891168

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The Baltimore Elite Giants by Bob Luke Pdf

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.