Through no fault of its own, The Complete Book of Baseball's Negro Leagues is maddeningly incomplete. Baseball's Other All-Stars: The Greatest Players from the Negro Leagues, the Japanese Leagues, the Mexican League, and the Pre-1960 Winter Leagues in Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic: McNeil, William F: 9780786407842: Books - Amazon.ca No Kindle device required. The same goes for the players. - and many, many others. We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers (Jan. 8 2008). Browse. It also has all the stories and personalities to be a very personable and emotional read. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages that interest you. Statistics are incomplete and the only line scores given are from postseason games and offseason exhibition games against white teams. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. This was bigger than sports. Mix & Match Hundreds of Books. Players felt at ease to let their culture flow through their style of play, and this showed on the field. This may not have been the Major Leagues, but they did have major players. CC coordinated the program and acted as Creative Director. You know the saying: There's no time like the present...unless you're looking for a distraction from the current moment. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 1, 2016, Not Just A Book About Baseball But About African American History is A Book That People Of All Ages Will Love, Reviewed in the United States on May 14, 2008. Beautiful book! Instead, it's like an artifact of a vanished civilization that tantalizes you with the awareness of how much more has been lost to history. Unable to add item to Wish List. - Satchel Paige. This first capsule of the collection will pay tribute to the NLBM’s Centennial, as well as the life and legacy of baseball’s beloved Jackie Robinson, who famously broke the color barrier in 1947. The text is very succint and very informative. Proceeds from all sales will benefit the NLBM’s efforts to preserve and celebrate the rich history of African American baseball and its significance in the social advancement of America at large. The cover features a Negro League slugger belting a long one, and that was what caught my eye. The voice of "We" tells the story from the very conception of Negro League baseball through Jackie Robinson's joining the Braves. Prime members enjoy Free Two-Day Shipping, Free Same-Day or One-Day Delivery to select areas, Prime Video, Prime Music, Prime Reading, and more. Negro League Baseball Centennial Collection, Muay Thai (RO x Ilaria Urbinati x Johnny Hunt), SHOP THE NEGRO LEAGUE BASEBALL COLLECTION, THE OFFICIAL NEGRO LEAGUE BASEBALL CENTENNIAL COLLECTION, Robinson Tribute Negro League Baseball Tee. These gentlemen truly played for the love of the game. new drops, upcoming sale notices and more. But again, it is the artwork that sets this book apart from the other histories of this time in the game's history. Then when I ran across it in the bookstore I had to buy it. So this book is nothing at all like the familiar statistical records of the "white majors". To get the free app, enter your mobile phone number. I heard an interview with the author on the radio a few months ago and kind of tucked this book into the back of my mind as possibly interesting. The pioneering few behind it’s inception built an environment for a culture to flourish. And ending in 1949, when the Negro League actually limped along into the '60s, makes it really an incomplete history.