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George Altman : my baseball journey from the Negro leagues to the Majors and beyond /
George Altman grew up in the segregated South but through a mix of timing and opportunity was able to participate in the sport at more levels of competition than perhaps anyone else who has ever played the game, starting in the 1940s and concluding in the 1970s. Not only did Altman play baseball at...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Jefferson, North Carolina :
McFarland & Company,
[2013]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | George Altman grew up in the segregated South but through a mix of timing and opportunity was able to participate in the sport at more levels of competition than perhaps anyone else who has ever played the game, starting in the 1940s and concluding in the 1970s. Not only did Altman play baseball at all of the usual kids' levels, he played college baseball at Tennessee State University, played for the Kansas City Monarchs during the waning days of the Negro Leagues, played for the U.S. Army in service competition, played winter league ball in Cuba and Panama, spent nine years in the majors with. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (viii, 206 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781476602912 1476602913 |