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Satch, Dizzy & Rapid Robert : the wild saga of interracial baseball before Jackie Robinson /

Based on new research, this is the story of how Satchel Paige, Dizzy Dean, Bob Feller, and barnstorming introduced integrated baseball to America.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gay, Timothy M.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2010.
Edition:1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
Subjects:
Baseball > United States > History.
Discrimination in sports > United States.
African American baseball players > History.
Negro leagues > History.
Paige, Satchel, > 1906-1982.
Dean, Dizzy, > 1910-1974.
Feller, Bob, > 1918-2010.
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Table of Contents:
  • May 1942
  • Interracial barnstorming before Satch
  • Satch hits the chitlin' circuit
  • The lean one meets the dizzy one
  • "Plenty Dizzy" : Diz, Daffy, and Satch in 1934
  • Encore: Diz, Daffy, and Satch do it again
  • Go west, young men
  • Rapid Robert meets Satch
  • Bobby and Satch hit the hustings
  • Black-white ball goes to war
  • Feller and Satch celebrate V-J Day
  • Going airborne: the Feller-Paige '46 tour
  • Bobby and Satch's (almost) farewell tour
  • Satch becomes a rookie.