03292oam 22006374a 450 991077911170332120170821180135.00-8262-7280-0(CKB)2550000000105266(EBL)3440798(SSID)ssj0000743310(PQKBManifestationID)11401457(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000743310(PQKBWorkID)10827636(PQKB)11406029(MiAaPQ)EBC3440798(OCoLC)868217992(MdBmJHUP)muse26872(EXLCZ)99255000000010526620130808e20132012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrIf You Were Only WhiteThe Life of Leroy "Satchel" Paige /Donald SpiveyColumbia, Mo. :University of Missouri Press,2012Baltimore, Md. :Project MUSE, 2014©20121 online resource (376 p.)Sports and American culture seriesDescription based upon print version of record.0-8262-1978-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-333) and index.Warm-ups: a prelude -- Without a Satchel -- On the mount -- "If you were only white" -- Turning the Paige -- Blackballing the Great Depression -- How the West was won -- Baseball diplomacy -- The fugitive -- Lazarus -- Double V -- Integration -- Center stage in the white arena -- Ninth inning -- Extra innings.Explores the legacy of one of the most exceptional athletes ever--an entertainer extraordinaire, a daring showman and crowd-pleaser, a wizard with a baseball whose artistry and antics on the mound brought fans out in the thousands to ballparks across the country. Leroy "Satchel" Paige was arguably one of the world's greatest pitchers and a premier star of Negro Leagues Baseball. But in this biography Donald Spivey reveals Paige to have been much more than just a blazing fastball pitcher. Spivey follows Paige from his birth in Alabama in 1906 to his death in Kansas City in 1982, detailing the challenges Paige faced battling the color line in America and recounting his tests and triumphs in baseball. He also opens up Paige's private life during and after his playing days, introducing readers to the man who extended his social, cultural, and political reach beyond the limitations associated with his humble background and upbringing.Sports and American culture series.Negro leaguesHistoryDiscrimination in sportsUnited StatesPitchers (Baseball)United StatesBiographyAfrican American baseball playersUnited StatesBiographyBaseball playersUnited StatesBiographyElectronic books. Negro leaguesHistory.Discrimination in sportsPitchers (Baseball)African American baseball playersBaseball players796.357092Spivey Donald1525339MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910779111703321If You Were Only White3766672UNINA