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Kansas Baseball /

Baseball has long been synonymous with Kansas. Go back to the late 1800s and the birth of Walter Johnson and George Sweatt, Humboldt kids who played baseball at the highest level but in different leagues due to racism. Learn about the sixteen-year-old signed by the Kansas City Athletics, who left th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Travis, Michael J. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Charleston, SC : The History Press, 2025.
Subjects:	Baseball > Kansas > History. Midwest (IA. State & Local. United States. HISTORY. Baseball. SPORTS & RECREATION. Statistics. Electronic books.

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