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Only the Ball Was White: A History of Legendary Black Players and All-Black Professional Teams
Only the Ball Was White A History of Legendary Black Players and AllBlack Professional Teams
Author: Robert Peterson
Early in the 1920s, the New York Giants sent a scout to watch a young Cuban play for Foster's American Giants, a baseball club in the Negro Leagues. During one at-bat this talented slugger lined a ball so hard that the rightfielder was able to play it off the top of the fence and throw Christobel Torrienti out at first base. The scout liked wh...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780195076370
ISBN-10: 0195076370
Publication Date: 3/11/1992
Pages: 416
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Publisher: Oxford University Press
Book Type: Paperback
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