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The Baltimore Elite Giants : sport and society in the age of Negro League baseball
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Provides a history of the Elite Giants of Baltimore baseball team in the Negro League. Highlights pivotal games, players, and league decisions. Also discusses the relationship between the team and ...
Provides a history of the Elite Giants of Baltimore baseball team in the Negro League. Highlights pivotal games, players, and league decisions. Also discusses the relationship between the team and major league baseball during integration.
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- Creator
- Bob Luke
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009
- Physical Details
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- 192 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm
- ISBNs
- 1421401738, 9781421401737, 9780801891168, 0801891167
- OCLC
- ocn232954286, ocn794701448
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-184) and index.
- Baseball on a shoestring -- High hopes. Receptive community ; Settling in ; The roster ; Hard landing -- Pennants and jumpers. Elites take it all ; Owners vie for leadership ; Jumpers, trades, and close finishes -- War on the home front. Elites nail another pennant ; Notable opening day dignitaries ; Muddling through -- Bending the color bar. Sparks fly around Robinson and Rickey ; Wilson ousted ; A near miss ; Finally! ; Moving and moving on -- Integration, disintegration -- Appendix A.A brief history of Black baseball in Baltimore before the Elite Giants -- Appendix B. Baltimore Elite Giants Baseball Club operating statement, 1947 -- Appendix C. Baltimore Elite Giants standings, 1938-1951