John Klima

Willie's Boys

The 1948 Birmingham Black Barons, the Last Negro League World Series, and the Making of a Baseball Legend

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The story of Willie Mays's rookie year with the Negro American League's Birmingham Black Barons, the Last Negro World Series, and the making of a baseball legend Baseball Hall of Famer Willie Mays is one of baseball's endearing greats, a tremendously talented and charismatic center fielder who hit 660 career homeruns, collected 3,283 hits, knocked in 1,903 runs, won 12 Gold Glove Awards and appeared in 24 All-Star games. But before Mays was the "Say Hey Kid", he was just a boy. Willie's Boys is the story of his remarkable 1948 rookie season with the Negro American League's Birmingham Black Barons, who took a risk on a raw but gifted 16-year-old and gave him the experience, confidence, and connections to escape Birmingham's segregation, navigate baseball's institutional racism, and sign with the New York Giants. Willie's Boys offers a character-rich narrative of the apprenticeship Mays had at the hands of a diverse group of savvy veterans who taught him the ways of the game and the world.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Turner Publishing Company
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 547g
• ISBN-13: 9798887982106
• Artikelnr.: 75195268

Autorenporträt

JOHN KLIMA, an award-winning baseball writer, has written for the New York Times, Yahoo! Sports, and Los Angeles Times. His story "Deal of the Century" was selected by David Maraniss to be included in the 2007 edition of Best American Sports Writing. In 2007, he was honored by the Associated Press Sports Editors for column writing. He is a member of the Baseball Writers Association of America and the Society for American Baseball Research. Visit his websites at www.klimaink.com and www.baseballbeginnings.com.