
Baseball's Great Experiment
Jackie Robinson and His Legacy
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Narrated by:
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Rodney Gardiner
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By:
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Jules Tygiel
In this gripping account of one of the most important steps in the history of American desegregation, Jules Tygiel tells the story of Jackie Robinson's crossing of baseball's color line. Examining the social and historical context of Robinson's introduction into white organized baseball, both on and off the field, Tygiel also tells the often neglected stories of other African-American players - such as Satchel Paige, Roy Campanella, Willie Mays, and Hank Aaron - who helped transform our national pastime into an integrated game. Drawing on dozens of interviews with players and front office executives, contemporary newspaper accounts, and personal papers, Tygiel provides the most telling and insightful account of Jackie Robinson's influence on American baseball and society. The anniversary issue features a new foreword by the author.
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Very well done
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1. It is a must for all baseball fans
2.It describes Jackie Robinson’s journey through the minor-leagues and his breakthrough first year in the majors in great detail
3. It is truly like going back in time to another place the 1940’s and seeing what life was like for black people in particular.
4. We get to learn about the Negro Leagues and some of the mythic figures we don’t hear enough about like Satchel Paige and Josh Gibson.
5.We get to learn about other pioneers who broke the color barrier like former Cleveland Indian( Now the team is known as the Cleveland Gaurdians..) Larry Doby the first man to break the color barrier in the American League. This book is an Evergreen. For a baseball fan to overlook or miss this volume is a crime.
A Gem
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what an extraordinary book
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Don’t bother unless you’re a baseball history fanatic
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Short on accurate facts. Politically twisted to
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