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Title:
Swinging for the fences : Black baseball in Minnesota
ISBN:
9780873515177
Publication Information:
St. Paul, Minn. : Minnesota Historical Society Press, c2005.
Physical Description:
xiv, 243 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Contents:
The brotherhood of baseball -- They didn't want to play with Fisher / Prince Honeycutt and the Fergus Falls Musculars -- Bud Fowler and the Stillwater Nine, 1884 / The Quicksteps duel the Brown Stockings, 1887 -- Drawing the color line on Walter Ball, 1890-1908 / Opposing the color line in Minnesota, 1899 -- Bobby Marshall, the legendary first basemen / Barnstorming teams, 1909-1920 -- John Wesley Donaldson, a great mound artist ; The mystery of Lefty Wilson / Marco Breedlove, big fish in a small pond / A Negro League team in Minnesota, 1942 -- Roy Campanella and the breaking of the color barrier / Willie Mays with the Minneapolis Millers, 1951 -- Satchel Paige: barnstorming in Minnesota / Jackie Robinson visits Minnesota, 1955 -- Toni Stone: a tomboy to remember / Barnstorming Black teams: the end of an era -- Earl Battey and the integration of spring training / Bobby Darwin: escape from Watts / Dave Winfield: making a name for himself / Lyman Bostock, Jr.: death of an outfielder -- Kirby Puckett: all player all the time / Rosters of all-Black teams, 1920s and 1930s.
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