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Long Taters
- A Baseball Biography of George "Boomer" Scott
Engelsk Paperback
Long Taters
- A Baseball Biography of George "Boomer" Scott
Engelsk Paperback

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When African American first baseman George "Boomer" Scott made his debut in the major leagues in 1966, he took the field for the Boston Red Sox--the last major league team to field a black ballplayer, only seven years before. An eight-time Gold Glove Award winner, a three-time All-Star, and an important member of the Red Sox 1967 Impossible Dream American League Champions, Scott stroked 271 "taters"--a term he coined for home runs that has been memorialized in baseball lexicon. Yet throughout his career, the outspoken player faced an ongoing struggle to gain racial acceptance. This detailed biography chronicles Scott''s youth in violently racist Mississippi, his impressive 14-year professional career, and the challenges he faced off the field. Based on hundreds of hours of interviews with the former slugger, this work celebrates one of Boston''s legends and reveals the barriers that still existed for black ball players years after Jackie Robinson paved the way.

Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
308
ISBN-13:
9780786449767
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0786449764
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
12 dec 2011
Længde:
16mm
Bredde:
152mm
Højde:
229mm
Forlag:
McFarland & Co Inc
Oplagsdato:
12 dec 2011
Forfatter(e):
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