Greatness in the shadows : Larry Doby and the integration of the American League /

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"Just weeks after Jackie Robinson joined the Brooklyn Dodgers, Larry Doby joined Robinson in breaking the color barrier in the major leagues when he became the first black player to integrate the American League, signing with the Cleveland Indians in July 1947. Doby went on to be a seven-time A...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Branson, Douglas M. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2016]
Temas:
Doby, Larry.
American League of Professional Baseball Clubs.
Baseball players > United States > Biography.
African American baseball players > United States > Biography.
Discrimination in sports > United States.
Baseball > United States > History.
Joueurs de base-ball > États-Unis > Biographies.
Joueurs de base-ball noirs américains > États-Unis > Biographies.
Discrimination dans les sports > États-Unis.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Sports.
GAMES > Gambling > Sports.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Business Aspects.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Essays.
SPORTS & RECREATION > History.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Reference.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Sports.
African American baseball players.
Baseball.
Baseball players.
Discrimination in sports.
United States.
collective biographies.
Biographies.
History.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The coolest of them all? Mantle, Mays, or Doby?
  • The Branch Rickey yardstick
  • Bill Veeck compared
  • Doby breaks the color line in the American League
  • Doby's middle years: world championships, home run and RBI titles
  • It takes a village (and more): efforts at breaking the color line in baseball
  • The shadow cast by Rickey and Robinson
  • The second shadow? A tale of two cities
  • Playing in the American League
  • The long shadow of Satchel Paige
  • Should Paige have been the first? The Mantle shadow? Mickey, Mantle Boulevard, Mantle Museum, Mick Lit, Mick Legend, the MIck
  • Conflation of the Mantle legend
  • Willie Mays and "the catch"
  • Casting their own shadows: Robinson, Doby, and the news media
  • Doby's later years
  • Doby, Robinson, baseball, and racism
  • A seldom-remembered pioneer.

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