Best Pitcher in Baseball : the Life of Rube Foster, Negro League Giant.

When Rube Foster was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1981, his rightful place alongside baseball's greatest black heroes was at last firmly established. A world-class pitcher, a formidable manager, and a brilliant administrator, Rube Foster was arguably more influential in b...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cottrell, Robert Charles
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : NYU Press, 2000.
Temas:
Foster, Rube, > 1879-1930.
Foster, Rube, > 1879-1930
Baseball players > United States > Biography.
African American baseball players > Biography.
Baseball team owners > United States > Biography.
Negro leagues > History.
Joueurs de base-ball > États-Unis > Biographies.
Joueurs de base-ball noirs américains > Biographies.
Ligues des Noirs (Base-ball) > Histoire.
Base-ball > Propriétaires d'équipes > États-Unis > Biographies.
African American baseball players
Baseball players
Baseball team owners
Negro leagues
United States
Biographies
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Best Pitcher in Baseball
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1: The Best Pitcher in the Country
  • Chapter 2: At the Top of His Game
  • Chapter 3: A Return to the Midwest
  • Chapter 4: The Leland Giants
  • Chapter 5: The Chicago American Giants and the Making of a Black Baseball Dynasty
  • Chapter 6: Another Championship
  • Chapter 7: The Dynasty Is Interrupted
  • Chapter 8: Back on Top in Wartime
  • Chapter 9: Rube Ball
  • Chapter 10: Black Baseball and the Segregated Community
  • Chapter 11: Organizing Black Baseball
  • Chapter 12: Czar of Black BaseballChapter 13: Rube Fosterâ€?s Legacy
  • Chapter 14: The Drive to Cooperstown
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Author

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