Catching Dreams: My Life in the Negro Baseball Leagues (Sports and Entertainment) - Hardcover

Robinson, Frazier; Bauer, Paul

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0815605633 ISBN 13: 9780815605638

Verlag: SYRACUSE UNIV PR, 1999

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Told in a simple engaging voice, Frazier "Slow" Robinson's memoir is a honest and entertaining view of Black baseball.

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Frazier "Slow" Robinson played professional baseball in parts of four decades beginning in the 1920s. He caught for Hall-of-Fame pitchers Satchel Paige and Leon Day and played with many other legendary Negro Leaguers. He died in 1997.

Paul Bauer is a rare book dealer specializing in baseball. He lives in Kent, Ohio.

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In a rare memoir about the Negro Leagues and its celebrated players, Frazier "Slow" Robinson offers an inspiring and often entertaining view of the black baseball diamond through a catcher's mask. In 1939, at the age of 29 - after playing professional baseball for twelve years - Frazier Robinson caught for the legendary Satchel Paige in barnstorming games from New Orleans to Walla Walla. Robinson played several more seasons in the Negro Leagues before finishing his career in Canada. While his career was a solid one, it was less spectacular than that of his friend and Hall-of-Famer, Satchel Paige, and so more typical of the experience of most Negro Leaguers. Robinson covers, in remarkable detail, the personal perspective of the men, the teams, and the times that shaped this uniquely American subculture. From playing catcher for obscure industrial teams to barnstorming with Satchel Paige, he chronologically traces his nationwide path through the 1920s, 30s, 40s, and early 50s.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: SYRACUSE UNIV PR
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1999
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0815605633
• ISBN 13: 9780815605638
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 230
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