Book review: Wil Haygood reviews 'Satch, Dizzy & Rapid Robert' by Timothy M. Gay - washingtonpost.com: It is hardly a secret that Negro leagues baseball players squared off against white players on the barnstorming circuit before Jackie Robinson integrated professional baseball in 1947. Aging Negro leaguers have been telling stories about those games in their memoirs for decades. The players had to solidify their bona fides themselves, since the games were rarely covered by the mainstream (read: white) press. Now Timothy M. Gay sheds more light on the phenomenon in 'Satch, Dizzy & Rapid Robert.'
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Book review: Wil Haygood reviews 'Satch, Dizzy & Rapid Robert' by Timothy M. Gay - washingtonpost.com
Book review: Wil Haygood reviews 'Satch, Dizzy & Rapid Robert' by Timothy M. Gay - washingtonpost.com: It is hardly a secret that Negro leagues baseball players squared off against white players on the barnstorming circuit before Jackie Robinson integrated professional baseball in 1947. Aging Negro leaguers have been telling stories about those games in their memoirs for decades. The players had to solidify their bona fides themselves, since the games were rarely covered by the mainstream (read: white) press. Now Timothy M. Gay sheds more light on the phenomenon in 'Satch, Dizzy & Rapid Robert.'
