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FRANK GRANT IBD

MCFARLAND AND COMPANY, INC.
10 / 2022
9781476684604
Inglês

Sinopse

Widely considered the best black player of the 19th century, Hall-of-Famer Frank Grant challenged baseball?s color barrier in the 1880s to play for all-white professional teams--two of which fought a legal battle for his services. This first full-length biography documents Grant?s career highlights, including successful games against Major League teams and at-bats against Hall-of-Fame pitchers. Stories overlooked for more than a century are examined, including a falsified anecdote that obscured one of Grant?s best games from history. New light is shed on the early years of the Cuban Giants, the first black pro ball club.