Just as Good: How Larry Doby Changed America's Game (Hardcover)

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Named after the mighty Babe Ruth, Ruth DiMarco has some big shoes to fill. But she's already on her way to achieving her dream of becoming a major-league baseball player. Eleven-year-old Ruth is the star shortstop in her small Maine town, and now a reporter is coming to interview her for Sports Illustrated magazine. She's at the top of her game. Then she overhears her father in the crowd: Real major-league talent.

Some Kind of Pride [Book]

Bill Veeck: Baseball's Greatest Maverick: Paul Dickson: Bloomsbury USA

[Moore, Joseph Thomas, Dickson, Paul] on . *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Larry Doby: The Struggle of the American League's First

Larry Doby: The Struggle of the American League's First Black Player (Dover Baseball)

Larry Doby: The Struggle of the American League's First Black Player (Dover Baseball): Moore, Joseph Thomas, Dickson, Paul: 0800759483372: : Books

I Came As a Shadow

The Negro Leagues Up Close, A blog about a century of African-American baseball history

The African-American football player Chuck Ealey grew up in a segregated neighborhood of Portsmouth, Ohio. Against all odds, he became an incredible quarterback. But despite his unbeaten record in high school and university, he would never play professional football in the United States. Chuck Ealey grew up poor in a racially segregated community that was divided from the rest of town by a set of train tracks, but his mother assured him that he wouldn't stay in Portsmouth forever.

The Stone Thrower [Book]