Left on Base in the Bush Leagues profiles minor league legends and near-misses from baseball’s golden era, as well as unknown players and gifted storytellers. Newspaper and magazine stories are
Artie Wilson once was considered the best shortstop in baseball. But during much of his career, Organized Baseball passed Artie by because he was black. This book brings to light the story of a Negro
The Bilko Athletic Club is the story of the 1956 Los Angeles Angels, a team of castoffs and kids built around a bulky, beer-loving basher of home runs named Steve Bilko. The Angels compiled a 107-61 w
“Handsome Ransom” Jackson was an all-star third baseman in the 1950s. He was in Chicago in 1953 when Ernie Banks became the first African American to play for the Cubs. He was in Brooklyn in 1956, the
