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Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} Voices from the Great Black Baseball Leagues Revised Edition by John Holway Voices from the Great Black Baseball Leagues. Before Jackie Robinson crossed major league baseball's color line, there existed a parallel world of "blackball" with its own pantheon of superstars: Rube Foster, Oscar Charleston, Smokey Joe Williams, Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson, and many others. Hundreds of elite athletes played in the Negro Leagues from 1887 through the early 1950s, and this remarkable oral history offers an inside look at some of their lives. Seventeen players and a team owner reminisce about this often-overlooked side of American baseball, recapturing the era with a vividness that no journalist could rival. Author John Holway has achieved more than anyone else in the attempts to attain recognition for the Negro Leagues and to help their most deserving stars gain their rightful places in the National Baseball Hall of Fame. During the late 1960s and early 1970s, Holway sought out veterans of the Negro Leagues and recorded their recollections. He then conducted extensive research to confirm the stories with statistics from newspapers of the era. The result is a living history of the great black teams, acclaimed by The New York Times as "the closest we can come to seeing them." This revised edition features over eighty vintage photographs and a Foreword by baseball historian Frank Ceresi. ISBN 13: 9780306804700. Voices From The Great Black Baseball Leagues (Quality Paperbacks Series) Holway, John B. This specific ISBN edition is currently not available. Long before the triumph of Jackie Robinson, America had a strong tradition of black baseball with its own pantheon of superstars--Rube Foster, Oscar Charleston, Smokey Joe Williams, Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson, Cool Papa Bell, and many more. This was the other half of American baseball, the half that was ignored for decades. Yet these black players, on their black teams and in their black leagues, may have been playing the most exciting--and possibly the best--baseball seen in America during the sixty "blackball" years from 1887 to 1947. Certainly, in over four hundred games that have been uncovered between the black teams and barnstorming white big leaguers, the blacks won at least two out of three. John Holway, who has done more than anyone to gain recognition for the Negro Leagues and to help their most deserving stars gain their rightful places in the National Baseball Hall of Fame, crisscrossed the country in the late 1960s and early 1970s seeking out the surviving veterans of the old Negro Leagues and putting their stories on tape; he then spent countless hours in libraries to confirm these stories. The result, in the words of nearly two dozen old-time players, and with statistics from the newspapers of the time, is one of the most important books on baseball history. Long out-of-print, this revised edition of Voices from the Great Black Baseball Leagues is supplemented with a new introduction, new photographs, and newly-researched statistics, to present the living history of some of the best baseball ever played. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. Shipping: US$ 4.00 Within U.S.A. Other Popular Editions of the Same Title. Featured Edition. ISBN 10: 0396071244 ISBN 13: 9780396071242 Publisher: Dodd, Mead, 1975 Hardcover. Voices from the Great Black Baseball Leagues. Before Jackie Robinson crossed major league baseball's color line, there existed a parallel world of "blackball" with its own pantheon of superstars: Rube Foster, Oscar Charleston, Smokey Joe Williams, Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson, and many others. Hundreds of elite athletes played in the Negro Leagues from 1887 through the early 1950s, and this remarkable oral history offers an inside look at some of their lives. Seventeen players and a team owner reminisce about this often-overlooked side of American baseball, recapturing the era with a vividness that no journalist could rival. Author John Holway has achieved more than anyone else in the attempts to attain recognition for the Negro Leagues and to help their most deserving stars gain their rightful places in the National Baseball Hall of Fame. During the late 1960s and early 1970s, Holway sought out veterans of the Negro Leagues and recorded their recollections. He then conducted extensive research to confirm the stories with statistics from newspapers of the era. The result is a living history of the great black teams, acclaimed by The New York Times as "the closest we can come to seeing them." This revised edition features over eighty vintage photographs and a Foreword by baseball historian Frank Ceresi. Voices from the Great Black Baseball Leagues illustrated with photographs. Title: Voices from the Great Black Baseball Leagues. Publisher: Dodd, Mead and Company, New York. Publication Date: 1972. Binding: Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. We guarantee the condition of every book as it's described on the Abebooks web sites. If you're dissatisfied with your purchase (Incorrect Book/Not as Described/Damaged) or if the order hasn't arrived, you're eligible for a refund within 30 days of the estimated delivery date. If you've changed your mind about a book that you've ordered, please use the Ask bookseller a question link to contact us and we'll respond within 2 business days. *Detailed Business Information: Business Run by Individual. Orders usually ship within 2 business days. Shipping costs are based on books weighing 2.2 LB, or 1 KG. If your book order is heavy or oversized, we may contact you to let you know extra shipping is required. For all orders $50.00 and over, at no additional charge, signature confirmation of delivery will be required. Images of Béisbol in Mexico: Star Negro Leaguers, House of David, and More Photo Rarities from Mexico, Part III. These may have been the uniforms of the Mexico Red Devils from the 1940s. This project is arranged into four installments (this being the third) to better manage the wide span of years and the archival finds that cover a wide range of baseball subjects. That includes anonymous players, some of whom are mere boys and girls, as well as Hall of Fame baseball legends. As it stands, these photographs represent a significant piece of history—a history of the international game that is baseball. The following photos provide insights into early Mexican baseball, including the Mexican Baseball League (or Liga Mexicana de Béisbol). The photos date back at least as far as 1915 and continue on through the 1940s. Historic Images of Béisbol in Mexico: 1940s. The Pasquel Brothers Call the Shots (Jorge Pasquel, left, and Bernardo Pasquel, right, who helped his brother manage team and league business; ca. 1952, Mexico City) Catalog Title: Jorge y Bernardo Pasquel, empresarios vestidos con ropa deportiva en una cancha de beisbol, retrato* Mexican professional baseball reached a pinnacle in the 1940s, thanks largely to the efforts of Jorge Pasquel. In fact, it is no exaggeration to say that during this time Jorge Pasquel was Mexican baseball. In South of the Color Barrier , John Virtue noted that Pasquel has been “likened to a latter day major league owner, the Yankees’ George Steinbrenner.” That comparison may greatly underestimate Pasquel’s achievements. True, the two men shared a similar, albeit very general, life path: “both were athletes before inheriting family businesses that they made profitable enough to afford owning a baseball team.” However, the man synonymous with the golden age of Mexican baseball “bettered Steinbrenner” in that Pasquel “actually donned a baseball uniform and managed his team on several occasions.” Of course it’s in baseball’s opposing legacies of racial segregation versus integration where Pasqual really stands apart from other team owners of the time, even next to a Branch Rickey or just about anyone else in major league history employed in a leadership position: [After a visit to the U.S. and witnessing firsthand the racist treatment of Mexicans by whites, a] shared kinship of racial discrimination manifested itself when Jorge Pasquel formed a team that joined the Mexican Baseball League. Acting on behalf of all league teams, he recruited more than 100 players from the Negro Leagues in the United States. One of them was elected to the Hall of Fame . after Jackie Robinson had broken the color barrier . : Roy Campanella of the Brooklyn Dodgers. Eleven other African Americans who played in the Mexican League would later be inducted in Cooperstown for their play in the Negro Leagues. Pasquel thoroughly integrated the league in 1946 when he raided the major leagues for players like Mickey Owen, Sal Maglie and Max Lanier. American owners . castigated Pasquel for taking their players [, the same owners who] had raided the Mexican League and other Latin American leagues . [for Latino players that major league baseball subsequently] paid less than . American players. Pasquel likened his own raids to payback. Despite his virtues as a progressive in baseball, Pasquel possessed his share of personal flaws. He had a short temper, which on occasion led to episodes of violent public outbursts. For example he threatened and drew a revolver on a complete stranger in a public park for some passing “‘inappropriate remark to [a] girl’” with whom Pasquel was jogging. Pasquel also shot and killed a man in a duel in Nuevo Laredo, though Pasquel was reportedly not the instigator. On a basic level Pasquel was more businessman than saint. While he made incredible strides in baseball where integration was concerned, the racial history and dynamics of Mexico were not equivalent to those in the U.S. (though certainly no less bloody). Likewise, whatever feared financial jeopardy there was for breaking with convention when Pasquel decided to integrate Mexican baseball, those risks were probably negligible.

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