Willie's Boys The 1948 Birmingham Black Barons, the Last Negro League World Series, and the Making of a Baseball Legend

Name: Willie's Boys The 1948 Birmingham Black Barons, the Last Negro League World Series, and the Making of a Baseball Legend
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ISBN: 9780470400135

ISBN-10: 0470400137

ISBN-13: 9780470400135

Edition: 2009

Authors: John Klima

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Willie's Boys captures the first incredible steps of a baseball superstar at the twilight of the Negro Leagues. It is a character-rich narrative of the apprenticeship Mays had at the hands of a diverse group of baseball veterans who taught him the way of the game and the world. His teammates inspired a formative first season for Mays, one that led directly to his rise from obscurity and his later debut for the New York Giants.

Book details

List price: $30.99
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Canada, Limited
Publication date: 8/1/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Size: 6.38" wide x 9.48" long x 1.03" tall
Weight: 1.298



Acknowledgments


Prologue ""The Best Baseball Player I've Ever Seen""



Trapped in the Hot Box



Negro Avenue



A Piper Kind of Team



The Defenders of Rickwood Field



""The Best Little Boy Anybody Ever Seen""



Readin' the Hops



Whammy Alabama



""A Player Who Shouldn't Have Been There""



""A Horseshit Scout""



""Come On, Willie!""



""Josh Gibson Is Dead and We Still Can't Beat These Guys""



Somebody Is Always Watching



The Goose Shooter



""Wait until You See Mays""



The Boston Gold Sox



Miracle in Harlem



Take That Glove to the Big Leagues


Epilogue ""He Was Thirteen Again""


Notes


Index