Title
The Best Pitcher in Baseball : The Life of Rube Foster, Negro League Giant / Robert Charles Cottrell.
ISBN
9780814790403
Published
New York, NY : New York University Press, [2001]
Copyright
©2001
Language
English
Language Note
In English.
Description
1 online resource
Other Standard Identifiers
10.18574/nyu/9780814790403.001.0001 doi
Summary
When 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.
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Digital File Characteristics
text file PDF
Source of Description
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Available in Other Form
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Frontmatter
CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION
ONE. The Best Pitcher in the Country
TWO. At the Top of His Game
THREE. A Return to the Midwest
FOUR. The Leland Giants
FIVE. The Chicago American Giants and the Making of a Black Baseball Dynasty
SIX. Another Championship
SEVEN. The Dynasty Is Interrupted
EIGHT. Back on Top in Wartime
NINE. Rube Ball
TEN. Black Baseball and the Segregated Community
ELEVEN. Organizing Black Baseball
TWELVE. Czar of Black Baseball
THIRTEEN. Rube Foster's Legacy
FOURTEEN. The Drive to Cooperstown
NOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
