LEADER 04428nam 22008054a 450 001 9910808791903321 005 20240410034614.0 010 $a0-8147-9040-2 010 $a0-585-43474-3 024 7 $a10.18574/9780814790403 035 $a(CKB)111056486726250 035 $a(EBL)2081730 035 $a(OCoLC)913695266 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000110532 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11137841 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000110532 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10063126 035 $a(PQKB)10252180 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC2081730 035 $a(DE-B1597)547488 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780814790403 035 $a(OCoLC)51232389 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse87020 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL2081730 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10032515 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3025556 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3025556 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111056486726250 100 $a20010530d2001 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||#|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe best pitcher in baseball $ethe life of Rube Foster, Negro League giant /$fRobert Charles Cottrell 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew York $cNew York University Press$dc2001 215 $a1 online resource (232 pages) 311 0 $a0-8147-1615-6 311 0 $a0-8147-1614-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 191-224) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tCONTENTS --$tACKNOWLEDGMENTS --$tINTRODUCTION --$tONE. The Best Pitcher in the Country --$tTWO. At the Top of His Game --$tTHREE. A Return to the Midwest --$tFOUR. The Leland Giants --$tFIVE. The Chicago American Giants and the Making of a Black Baseball Dynasty --$tSIX. Another Championship --$tSEVEN. The Dynasty Is Interrupted --$tEIGHT. Back on Top in Wartime --$tNINE. Rube Ball --$tTEN. Black Baseball and the Segregated Community --$tELEVEN. Organizing Black Baseball --$tTWELVE. Czar of Black Baseball --$tTHIRTEEN. Rube Foster?s Legacy --$tFOURTEEN. The Drive to Cooperstown --$tNOTES --$tBIBLIOGRAPHY --$tINDEX --$tABOUT THE AUTHOR 330 $aWhen Rube Foster was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1981, his rightful place alongside baseball's greatest black heroes was at last firmly established. A world-class pitcher, a formidable manager, and a brilliant administrator, Rube Foster was arguably more influential in breaking down the color barrier in major league baseball than the venerable Jackie Robinson. Born in 1879, Rube Foster pitched for the legendary black baseball teams the Cuban X-Giants and the Philadelphia Giants before becoming player-manager of the Leland Giants and the Chicago American Giants. Long a central figure in black baseball, he founded baseball's first black league the Negro National League in 1920. From its inception, the Negro League served as a vehicle through which many of the finest black players could showcase their considerable talents. Challenging racial discrimination and stereotypes, it ultimately set the stage for future efforts to contest Jim Crow. Despite the long-standing success of the Negro National League as an influential black institution, Rube Foster was deeply embittered by organized baseball's unmitigated refusal to lift the color barrier. He died a broken man in 1930. The Best Pitcher in Baseball is the story of a man of unparalleled vision and organizational acumen whose passion for justice changed the face of baseball forever. It is a moving tribute to a man and his dream. 606 $aBaseball players$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aAfrican American baseball players$vBiography 606 $aBaseball team owners$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aNegro leagues$xHistory 610 $aFoster. 610 $aNegro. 610 $aRube. 610 $abaseball. 610 $abiography. 610 $afigure. 610 $aimportant. 610 $amost. 610 $arevealing. 615 0$aBaseball players 615 0$aAfrican American baseball players 615 0$aBaseball team owners 615 0$aNegro leagues$xHistory. 676 $a796.357/092 676 $aB 700 $aCottrell$b Robert C.$f1950-$0269055 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910808791903321 996 $aThe best pitcher in baseball$93923143 997 $aUNINA