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Bezig met laden... Satch, Dizzy, and Rapid Robert: The Wild Saga of Interracial Baseball Before Jackie Robinson (editie 2010)door Timothy M. Gay (Auteur)
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. A baseball history book centering mostly on the years prior to Jackie Robinson's debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers as the first black ballplayer in the modern major leagues. This tells the story of Dizzy Dean, Satchel Paige and Bob Feller, and how they discovered that not only was "barnstorming" (baseball competitions/exhibitions in the offseason, mostly to rural areas) a lucrative supplement to their incomes, but that fan interest was magnified when the contests featured black teams against white professionals. Some of this I already knew, but I was amazed at the durability of these pitchers (although Dizzy's premature departure from baseball was doubtless due to the abuse he heaped on his arm). I also was unaware of Satchel's later success in the big leagues. The author is at his best when he discusses the times, the events and emotions, but he's not a natural baseball play-by-play man, and the book bogs down at times with game statistics and dry descriptions. Still a fascinating book, and the booksigning was where I think I had one of my most fortuitous strokes of luck: there were 4 door prizes, and out of about 150 people, my wife Nancy and I won 2 of them: 4 tickets to any Cardinals game, and a signed Stan Musial baseball. We bought lottery tickets on the way home, but no soap. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Based on new research, this is the story of how Satchel Paige, Dizzy Dean, Bob Feller, and barnstorming introduced integrated baseball to America. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Gay’s book is written as scholarship and is heavily footnoted. There is an excellent bibliography and index along with statistics showing the Paige/Dean and Paige/Feller match-ups. Although the illustrations show many photos of Satch, the Dean brothers and Bob Feller, there are also photos of lesser known players.
The book can be dry reading with its plethora of facts but it is worthwhile noting that many major, minor and Negro leaguers played against each other years before Jackie Robinson would integrate the majors with results that can surprise the reader. ( )