03236nam 2200637Ia 450 991081066880332120200520144314.00-8262-7280-0(CKB)2550000000105266(EBL)3440798(SSID)ssj0000743310(PQKBManifestationID)11401457(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000743310(PQKBWorkID)10827636(PQKB)11406029(MiAaPQ)EBC3440798(OCoLC)868217992(MdBmJHUP)muse26872(EXLCZ)99255000000010526620111130d2012 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccr"If you were only white" the life of Leroy "Satchel" Paige /Donald Spivey1st ed.Columbia University of Missouri Pressc20121 online resource (376 p.)Sports and American culture seriesDescription based upon print version of record.0-8262-1978-0 Includes bibliographic references (p. 283-333) 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.Leroy "Satchel" PaigeBaseball playersUnited StatesBiographyAfrican American baseball playersBiographyPitchers (Baseball)United StatesBiographyDiscrimination in sportsUnited StatesNegro leaguesHistoryBaseball playersAfrican American baseball playersPitchers (Baseball)Discrimination in sportsNegro leaguesHistory.796.357092Spivey Donald1667394MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910810668803321If You Were Only White4027173UNINA