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Satchel Paige and the Championship for the Reelection of the General (Kindle Single)

Satchel Paige and the Championship for the Reelection of the General (Kindle Single)

Jonathan Blitzer
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In 1937, Satchel Paige was the most famous player in the American Negro leagues, and likely the best baseball player in America. A pitcher with the Pittsburgh Crawfords, Paige was all but synonymous with black baseball, and yet it often seemed that his talent and celebrity hardly registered in the segregated world beyond. In April 1937, just a few days before the season opener, Paige got an intriguing offer: Come to the Dominican Republic to play on the team representing Rafael Trujillo, the president of the country, and earn more money than he’d ever dreamed. There was just one catch: Trujillo was one of the most violent and dangerous men of his day. Paige took the deal, recruited fellow Negro league stars to play alongside him, and plunged into a politically-charged contest lauded as the World Series of Black Baseball. In “Satchel Paige and the Championship for the Reelection of the General,” reporter Jonathan Blitzer excavates the lost story of an incredible moment in baseball history, and brings to life the Faustian drama of a player willing to risk everything to taste the fame that he deserved.
Language
English
Pages
38
Format
Kindle Edition
Release
February 22, 2016

Satchel Paige and the Championship for the Reelection of the General (Kindle Single)

Jonathan Blitzer
0/5 ( ratings)
Read Download
In 1937, Satchel Paige was the most famous player in the American Negro leagues, and likely the best baseball player in America. A pitcher with the Pittsburgh Crawfords, Paige was all but synonymous with black baseball, and yet it often seemed that his talent and celebrity hardly registered in the segregated world beyond. In April 1937, just a few days before the season opener, Paige got an intriguing offer: Come to the Dominican Republic to play on the team representing Rafael Trujillo, the president of the country, and earn more money than he’d ever dreamed. There was just one catch: Trujillo was one of the most violent and dangerous men of his day. Paige took the deal, recruited fellow Negro league stars to play alongside him, and plunged into a politically-charged contest lauded as the World Series of Black Baseball. In “Satchel Paige and the Championship for the Reelection of the General,” reporter Jonathan Blitzer excavates the lost story of an incredible moment in baseball history, and brings to life the Faustian drama of a player willing to risk everything to taste the fame that he deserved.
Language
English
Pages
38
Format
Kindle Edition
Release
February 22, 2016

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