Beyond the Shadow of the Senators

The story of the lost era between Babe Ruth and Jackie Robinson, of a crusading journalist, Sam Lacy, an immensely talented black baseball player, Buck Leonard, and a stubborn major league owner Clark Griffith. Tells why the fight to integrate major league baseball in Washington, D.C. and not in Brooklyn, why black Washington ultimately lost the fight, and why the Senators were not the first team to integrate. It's also the story of the greatest baseball dynasty that most people have never heard of, the Homestead Grays.

First sentence: The day the Babe crashed into the right-field pavilion at Griffith Stadium was one of many afternoons Sam Lacy spent at the ballpark.

Year

2002

Language

English

Publisher

McGraw-Hill Companies

Editions

4

Pages

304

ISBN

9780071408202

Data source: Wikidata