Customer Review: This book tell a great recollect of Monte Irvin's hard and good times with baseball and life. It reached my heart and told me what it would have been like to live in America as an African American.
Customer Review: Mr. Virtue's book is well-researched and well-documented look at the early days of the Mexican League. There is a lot of historical data that I've never seen before, as well as interviews or quotes from players who played in the league, especially during its classic 1937-1946 period.
Customer Review: In The Best Of Baseball: The 20th Century's Greatest Players Ranked By Position, sports journalist, author, and baseball fan Warren Wilbert has used a set of criteria designed to present a comprehensive review of player performance and rank the country's all-time greatest players of the twentieth... more info
Customer Review: Exactly What It's title advertises - an alphabetical listings of players and personalities associated with the Negro Leagues of Baseball. Ranks with "Only the Ball Was White" and The works of John B.Holway as essntial to a study of the subject. Definitely recommended.
Customer Review: Luke begins his preface with "Have you heard of Willie Wells? He is not a household name, even among most baseball buffs." The author then admits that the first time heard his name was in 1999, ten years after Wells' death. Short but sweet, that is the best way to describe Luke's "Willie Wells... more info
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