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Type: BOOK - Published: 1997-01 - Publisher: Citadel Press
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Pages: 509
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-01-01 - Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
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Pages: 176
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SABR and MLB recently concluded that the Negro Leagues were "major leagues." This volume tells how the lost history and statistical record of the Negro Leagues
Language: en
Pages: 450
Pages: 450
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006 - Publisher: National Geographic Books
The result of a study commissioned by the National Baseball Hall of Fame and funded by a grant from Major League Baseball(, this richly illustrated, comprehensi