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[READ PDF] EPUB Oscar Charleston: The Life and Legend of Baseball's Greatest ForgottenPlayer pdf free[READ PDF] EPUBOscar Charleston:The Life and Legendof Baseball's GreatestForgotten Player pdffreeDescription2020 SABR Seymour Medal 2019 CASEY Award for Best Baseball Book of the Year Buck O’Neilonce described him as “Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, and Tris Speaker rolled into one.” Among experts heis regarded as the best player in Negro Leagues history. During his prime he became a legend inCuba and one of black America’s most popular figures. Yet even among serious sports fans,Oscar Charleston is virtually unknown today. In a long career spanning from 1915 to 1954,Charleston played against, managed, befriended, and occasionally fought men such as LouGehrig, Jimmie Foxx, Lefty Grove, Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson, Jesse Owens, Roy Campanella,and Branch Rickey. He displayed tremendous power, speed, and defensive instincts along with afierce intelligence and commitment to his craft. Charleston’s competitive fire sometimes broughthim trouble, but more often it led to victories, championships, and profound respect. WhileCharleston never played in the Major Leagues, he was a trailblazer who became the first blackman to work as a scout for a Major League team when Branch Rickey hired him to evaluateplayers for the Dodgers in the 1940s. From the mid1920s on, he was a playermanager for severalclubs. In 1932 he joined the Pittsburgh Crawfords and would manage the club many consider thefinest Negro League team of all time, featuring five future Hall of Famers, including himself, CoolPapa Bell, Josh Gibson, Judy Johnson, and Satchel Paige. Charleston’s combined record as aplayer, manager, and scout makes him the most accomplished figure in black baseball history. Hismastery of the quintessentially American sport under the conditions of segregation revealed whatwas possible for black achievement, bringing hope to millions. Oscar Charleston introducesreaders to one of America’s greatest and most fascinating athletes.

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