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Negro Leagues bobbled the ball off the field
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SUMMER READING
Negro Leagues bobbled the ball off the field
By CHRIS FORAN cforan@journalsentinel.com, Journal Sentinel
Sunday, July 11, 2004
The problem with American life is that the really good stories
sometimes get in the way of the facts.
Take black professional baseball. In the decades before Jackie
Robinson stepped on the field as a Brooklyn Dodger in 1947, baseball
was for African-Americans an environment much like every other
national institution: se...
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