Sandlot Seasons

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ISBN: 9780252063428 | 0252063422
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 10/1/1993

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A new preface updates this richly detailed look at the major role sport played in shaping Pittsburgh's black community from the Roaring Twenties through the Korean War. Rob Ruck reveals how sandlot, amateur, and professional athletics helped black Pittsburgh realize its potential for self-organization, expression, and creativity.

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Preface to the Paperback Edition
Acknowledgments
Introduction	p. 3
Sport and Black Pittsburgh, 1900-1930	p. 8
The Making of a Black Community	p. 9
The Evolution of a Black Sporting Life	p. 14
Sandlot Ball	p. 39
Kings on the Hill: The Crawfords	p. 46
Sandlot's Longest Act: The 18th Ward Club	p. 62
More Sandlot Ball	p. 77
Beat Yesterday: The Team from Terrace Village	p. 79
On the Gridiron: The Garfield Eagles	p. 91
Black and White on the Sandlots	p. 107
Professional Black Sport and Cum Posey	p. 114
Black Players, White Control	p. 115
The Negro National League	p. 122
Cum Posey, Black Sport Entrepreneur	p. 124
The Homestead Grays	p. 128
Gus Greenlee, Black Pittsburgh's "Mr. Big"	p. 137
The Numbers Racket	p. 140
The Pittsburgh Crawfords	p. 152
The Fight Game	p. 165
The Decline of Black Sport	p. 170
Cum Posey and the Grays: A Temporary Reprieve	p. 170
Gus Greenlee Returns to Black Baseball	p. 174
The Integration of the Major Leagues	p. 176
The End of an Era in Black Sport	p. 179
The Sandlot's Demise	p. 182
The Integration of Pittsburgh Sport	p. 186
Sport and the One-Eyed Monster	p. 195
The Hegemony of Major League Baseball	p. 199
Rising Costs and Restructured Communities	p. 201
Black Sport: Past, Present, and Future	p. 204
Notes	p. 211
Index	p. 231
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