001480327 000__ 05165nam\a22008895i\4500 001480327 001__ 1480327 001480327 003__ DE-B1597 001480327 005__ 20231026035136.0 001480327 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 001480327 007__ cr\un\nnnunnun 001480327 008__ 220629t20012001nyu\\\\\o\\d\z\\\\\\eng\d 001480327 020__ $$a9780814790403 001480327 0247_ $$a10.18574/nyu/9780814790403.001.0001$$2doi 001480327 035__ $$a(DE-B1597)547488 001480327 035__ $$a(OCoLC)51232389 001480327 040__ $$aDE-B1597$$beng$$cDE-B1597$$erda 001480327 0410_ $$aeng 001480327 044__ $$anyu$$cUS-NY 001480327 072_7 $$aSPO003000$$2bisacsh 001480327 1001_ $$aCottrell, Robert Charles, $$eauthor.$$4aut$$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 001480327 24514 $$aThe Best Pitcher in Baseball :$$bThe Life of Rube Foster, Negro League Giant /$$cRobert Charles Cottrell. 001480327 264_1 $$aNew York, NY : $$bNew York University Press, $$c[2001] 001480327 264_4 $$c©2001 001480327 300__ $$a1 online resource 001480327 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 001480327 337__ $$acomputer$$bc$$2rdamedia 001480327 338__ $$aonline resource$$bcr$$2rdacarrier 001480327 347__ $$atext file$$bPDF$$2rda 001480327 50500 $$tFrontmatter -- $$tCONTENTS -- $$tACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- $$tINTRODUCTION -- $$tONE. The Best Pitcher in the Country -- $$tTWO. At the Top of His Game -- $$tTHREE. A Return to the Midwest -- $$tFOUR. The Leland Giants -- $$tFIVE. The Chicago American Giants and the Making of a Black Baseball Dynasty -- $$tSIX. Another Championship -- $$tSEVEN. The Dynasty Is Interrupted -- $$tEIGHT. Back on Top in Wartime -- $$tNINE. Rube Ball -- $$tTEN. Black Baseball and the Segregated Community -- $$tELEVEN. Organizing Black Baseball -- $$tTWELVE. Czar of Black Baseball -- $$tTHIRTEEN. Rube Foster's Legacy -- $$tFOURTEEN. The Drive to Cooperstown -- $$tNOTES -- $$tBIBLIOGRAPHY -- $$tINDEX -- $$tABOUT THE AUTHOR 001480327 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 001480327 520__ $$aWhen Rube Foster was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1981, his rightful place alongside baseball's greatest black heroes was at last firmly established. A world-class pitcher, a formidable manager, and a brilliant administrator, Rube Foster was arguably more influential in breaking down the color barrier in major league baseball than the venerable Jackie Robinson. Born in 1879, Rube Foster pitched for the legendary black baseball teamsthe Cuban X-Giants and the Philadelphia Giants before becoming player-manager of the Leland Giants and the Chicago American Giants. Long a central figure in black baseball, he founded baseball's first black leaguethe Negro National League in 1920. From its inception, the Negro League served as a vehicle through which many of the finest black players could showcase their considerable talents. Challenging racial discrimination and stereotypes, it ultimately set the stage for future efforts to contest Jim Crow. Despite the long-standing success of the Negro National League as an influential black institution, Rube Foster was deeply embittered by organized baseball's unmitigated refusal to lift the color barrier. He died a broken man in 1930. The Best Pitcher in Baseball is the story of a man of unparalleled vision and organizational acumen whose passion for justice changed the face of baseball forever. It is a moving tribute to a man and his dream. 001480327 538__ $$aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. 001480327 546__ $$aIn English. 001480327 5880_ $$aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Jun 2022) 001480327 650_7 $$aSPORTS & RECREATION / Baseball / General.$$2bisacsh 001480327 653__ $$aFoster. 001480327 653__ $$aNegro. 001480327 653__ $$aRube. 001480327 653__ $$abaseball. 001480327 653__ $$abiography. 001480327 653__ $$afigure. 001480327 653__ $$aimportant. 001480327 653__ $$amost. 001480327 653__ $$arevealing. 001480327 655_0 $$aElectronic books 001480327 77308 $$iTitle is part of eBook package:$$dDe Gruyter$$tNew York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013$$z9783110706444 001480327 7760_ $$cprint$$z9780814716144 001480327 852__ $$bebk 001480327 85640 $$3De Gruyter$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780814790403$$zOnline Access 001480327 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:1480327$$pGLOBAL_SET 001480327 912__ $$a978-3-11-070644-4 New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013$$c2000$$d2013 001480327 912__ $$aEBA_BACKALL 001480327 912__ $$aEBA_EBACKALL 001480327 912__ $$aEBA_EBKALL 001480327 912__ $$aEBA_EEBKALL 001480327 912__ $$aEBA_ESSHALL 001480327 912__ $$aEBA_ESTMALL 001480327 912__ $$aEBA_PPALL 001480327 912__ $$aEBA_SSHALL 001480327 912__ $$aEBA_STMALL 001480327 912__ $$aGBV-deGruyter-alles 001480327 912__ $$aPDA11SSHE 001480327 912__ $$aPDA12STME 001480327 912__ $$aPDA13ENGE 001480327 912__ $$aPDA17SSHEE 001480327 912__ $$aPDA18STMEE 001480327 912__ $$aPDA5EBK 001480327 980__ $$aBIB 001480327 980__ $$aEBOOK 001480327 982__ $$aEbook 001480327 983__ $$aOnline