Willie's boys : the 1948 Birmingham Black Barons, the last Negro League world series, and the making of a baseball legend / John Klima.

Author
Klima, John, 1974- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, c2009.
Description
xv, 303 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Details

Subject(s)
Summary note
The story of Willie Mays's rookie year with the Negro American League's Birmingham Black Barons, the Last Negro World Series, and the making of a baseball legend.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
  • Prologue: "The best baseball player I've ever seen"
  • Trapped in the hot box
  • Negro Avenue
  • A Piper kind of team
  • The defenders of Rickwood Field
  • "The best little boy anybody ever seen"
  • Readin' the hops
  • Whammy Alabama
  • "A player who shouldn't have been there"
  • "A horseshit scout"
  • "Come on, Willie!"
  • "Josh Gibson is dead and we still can't beat these guys"
  • Somebody is always watching
  • The goose shooter
  • "Wait until you see Mays"
  • The Boston Gold Sox
  • Miracle in Harlem
  • Take that glove to the big leagues
  • Epilogue: "He was thirteen again."
ISBN
  • 9780470400135 (cloth)
  • 0470400137 (cloth)
LCCN
^^2009006815
OCLC
310400289
RCP
H - S
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