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Joshua "Josh" Gibson (1911–1947) is a baseball legend - one of the greatest power hitters in the Negro Leagues, and in all of baseball history.

Table of Contents
Bottom of the First Manifesto for Black Baseball Players Smuggling Strength Naming Homerun #1 Night Visions Brooklyn Uncovered Dear Diary Papa Tells the Truth Premature Bottom of the Fourth The Original Dodgers Seen It Coming (1951) Pregame Cut West Field Can't Compete Trash Talk Bat Considers Considering a Strike Homerun #270 Dear Mama Your Enough Ain't Enough Not Fit for Service Pregame Prayer Top of the Fifth Telegram to Pittsburg Pirates Gator Belt Outfield Cot Worship Trucutu Perejil The Base Watch Winter Ball Bottom of the Sixth Resurrection The Magician Battle of the Greatest Late Night Ritual The Bats Speak Deep Breath Bottom of the Ninth Living Will Youth Fountain My First Slump Mamma and Her Daughter Let Us Be Home Run #800 and Something Extra Innings Cooperstown Where We Go The Walk Off Acknowledgements

Pretend the Ball Is Named Jim Crow

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      Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 06/02/2024
      ISBN13: 9780813198880, 978-0813198880
      ISBN10: 0813198887
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Joshua "Josh" Gibson (1911–1947) is a baseball legend - one of the greatest power hitters in the Negro Leagues, and in all of baseball history.

      Table of Contents
      Bottom of the First Manifesto for Black Baseball Players Smuggling Strength Naming Homerun #1 Night Visions Brooklyn Uncovered Dear Diary Papa Tells the Truth Premature Bottom of the Fourth The Original Dodgers Seen It Coming (1951) Pregame Cut West Field Can't Compete Trash Talk Bat Considers Considering a Strike Homerun #270 Dear Mama Your Enough Ain't Enough Not Fit for Service Pregame Prayer Top of the Fifth Telegram to Pittsburg Pirates Gator Belt Outfield Cot Worship Trucutu Perejil The Base Watch Winter Ball Bottom of the Sixth Resurrection The Magician Battle of the Greatest Late Night Ritual The Bats Speak Deep Breath Bottom of the Ninth Living Will Youth Fountain My First Slump Mamma and Her Daughter Let Us Be Home Run #800 and Something Extra Innings Cooperstown Where We Go The Walk Off Acknowledgements

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