The Negro Baseball Leagues: Tales of Umpiring Legendary Players, Breaking Barriers, and Making American History

by Byron Motley, Bob Motley, Larry Lester

Book Overview

Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Negro Leagues with updates and additions throughout

The Kansas City Monarchs, the Chicago American Giants, the St. Louis Stars, the Birmingham Black Barons, the Homestead Grays, and the Indianapolis Clowns; for over fifty years, they were the Yankees, Cardinals, and Red Sox of black baseball in America. And for over a decade beginning in the late 1940s, umpire Bob Motley called balls and strikes...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1683584007
• ISBN13: 9781683584001
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: Sports Publishing LLC
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.1"