Only the Ball Was White: A History of Legendary Black Players and All-Black Professional Teams by Robert W. Peterson

Only the Ball Was White: A History of Legendary Black Players and All-Black Professional Teams

Robert W. Peterson

406 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history sports informative slow-paced

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Early in the 1920s, the New York Giants sent a scout to watch a young Cuban play for Foster's American Giants, a baseball club in the Negro Leagues. During one at-bat this talented slugger lined a ball so hard that the rightfielder was able to pla...

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