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New York, NY: Sports Publishing, 2006 Sports Publishing, New York. 2006. Hardcover. First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; light bumping to head and tail. DJ: Very Good +; NOT Price Clipped ($24.95); light bumping to head and tail; scratches on rear panel. Red cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. Red endpapers. 229 pp 8vo. The Kansas City Monarchs, the Chicago American Giants, the St. Louis Stars, the Birmingham Black Barons, the Homestead Grays, and the Indianapolis Clowns; for over fifty years, they were the Yankees, Cardinals, and Red Sox of black baseball in America. And for over a decade beginning in the late 1940s, umpire Bob Motley called balls and strikes for many of their games, umpiring alongside such legends as Satchel Paige, Hank Aaron, Ernie Banks, and Willie Mays. Today, Motley was the last living arbiter from the Negro Leagues. His personal account of the Negro Leagues is a revealing, humorous, and…
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Ruling Over Monarchs, Giants, and Stars: True Tales of Breaking Barriers, Umpiring Baseball Legends, and Wild Adventures in the Negro Leagues Hardcover - 2012 - 1st Edition
by Bob Motley; Byron Motley; Larry Lester
For more than a decade, umpire Bob Motley called balls and strikes for the Negro Baseball League, earning the opportunity to work with such legends as Hank Aaron, Ernie Banks, and Willie Mays. "Ruling Over Monarchs, Giants & Stars" is his revealing, humorous memoir.
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- Title Ruling Over Monarchs, Giants, and Stars: True Tales of Breaking Barriers, Umpiring Baseball Legends, and Wild Adventures in the Negro Leagues
- Author Bob Motley; Byron Motley; Larry Lester
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Pages 240
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Sports Publishing LLC, New York
- Date 2012-03
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Illustrated, Index
- ISBN 9781613210598 / 1613210590
- Weight 1.36 lbs (0.62 kg)
- Dimensions 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.9 in (23.11 x 15.49 x 2.29 cm)
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Themes
- Ethnic Orientation: African American
- Library of Congress subjects Baseball - United States - History, Baseball players - United States
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2011042897
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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