Shades of Glory - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Shades of Glory write by Lawrence D. Hogan. This book was released on 2006. Shades of Glory available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The result of a study commissioned by the National Baseball Hall of Fame and funded by a grant from Major League Baseball(, this richly illustrated, comprehensive history combines vivid narrative, visual impact, and a unique statistical component to re-create the excitement and passion of the Negro Leagues. 75 photos.
Sol White's History of Colored Base Ball, with Other Documents on the Early Black Game, 1886-1936
Sol White's History of Colored Base Ball, with Other Documents on the Early Black Game, 1886-1936 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Sol White's History of Colored Base Ball, with Other Documents on the Early Black Game, 1886-1936 write by Sol White. This book was released on 1996-08-01. Sol White's History of Colored Base Ball, with Other Documents on the Early Black Game, 1886-1936 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. America and baseball are rediscovering the game played by African Americans before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in 1947. We now know a great deal about the Negro Leagues of 1920 on, and their great stars-Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson, and their contemporaries. But what of the pre-1920 black game? From the onset in the 1880s of the "gentleman's agreement" that barred blacks from playing in white leagues, that game is nearly invisible. Financially shaky, with sporadic media coverage even in black newspapers and completely overlooked by the mainstream, Negro teams of this era played on for love of the game and in hopes that their skills would receive their due. In 1907, Sol White, a remarkable African-American ballplayer, successful manager, and baseball loyalist, wrote a small volume on the history of the black game. Part fund-raising effort, advertising brochure, team hype, celebration of black baseball, and throughout an implicit and explicit challenge to racism, Sol White's History of Colored Base Ball is the source of much of what we know of the events in the organized black game of that time. The original was poorly printed, and copies are exceedingly rare (known and rumored copies number only four). This edition republishes the full 1907 edition (with the even rarer supplement), completely reset for legibility, and reproduces all the original's illustrations, including the advertisements that speak volumes on the social world of the day. Fifteen additional documents from 1886 to 1936 augment the picture of the black game and our record of Sol White himself. The work is introduced by Jerry Malloy, a recognized expert on the history of Negro leagues who has spent years inpainstaking research into this vanished world.
Negro Leaguers and the Hall of Fame
Negro Leaguers and the Hall of Fame - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Negro Leaguers and the Hall of Fame write by Steven R. Greenes. This book was released on 2020-09-02. Negro Leaguers and the Hall of Fame available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
Only the Ball was White
Only the Ball was White - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Only the Ball was White write by Robert Peterson. This book was released on 1992. Only the Ball was White available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Tells the forgotten story of Black star-quality athletes excluded from professional baseball because of the big league's color line.
What Were the Negro Leagues?
What Were the Negro Leagues? - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook What Were the Negro Leagues? write by Varian Johnson. This book was released on 2019-12-24. What Were the Negro Leagues? available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This baseball league that was made up of African American players and run by African American owners ushered in the biggest change in the history of baseball. In America during the early twentieth century, no part was safe from segregation, not even the country's national pastime, baseball. Despite their exodus from the Major Leagues because of the color of their skin, African American men still found a way to participate in the sport they loved. Author Varian Johnson shines a spotlight on the players, coaches, owners, and teams that dominated the Negro Leagues during the 1930s and 40s. Readers will learn about how phenomenal players like Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson, and of course, Jackie Robinson greatly changed the sport of baseball.
