Bob Green
10-14-2014, 10:42 AM
From the Front page:
http://www.dukebasketballreport.com/2014/10/13/6968087/al-featherstons-new-book-is-out
Based on the description at Amazon, Al's new book sounds like an intriuging "what if" scenario:
Flamboyant baseball owner Bill Veeck always claimed that he came very close to integrating baseball in 1943 -- four years before Jackie Robinson broke the color line in 1947. Veeck's scheme was to buy the Philadelphia Phillies and stock the worst team in baseball with stars from the Negro League. His plan failed, but what if it had succeeded? This alternate history novel proposes that Veeck's plan was allowed to play out. It creates a whole new dynamic for baseball's integration -- not just one lone hero, but a team of black stars. The story has firm historical foundation as real historical characters perform in a setting that is drawn from the real 1943 baseball season.
I intend to give it a read.
http://www.dukebasketballreport.com/2014/10/13/6968087/al-featherstons-new-book-is-out
Based on the description at Amazon, Al's new book sounds like an intriuging "what if" scenario:
Flamboyant baseball owner Bill Veeck always claimed that he came very close to integrating baseball in 1943 -- four years before Jackie Robinson broke the color line in 1947. Veeck's scheme was to buy the Philadelphia Phillies and stock the worst team in baseball with stars from the Negro League. His plan failed, but what if it had succeeded? This alternate history novel proposes that Veeck's plan was allowed to play out. It creates a whole new dynamic for baseball's integration -- not just one lone hero, but a team of black stars. The story has firm historical foundation as real historical characters perform in a setting that is drawn from the real 1943 baseball season.
I intend to give it a read.