The story of Willie Mays's rookie year with the Negro American
League's Birmingham Black Barons, the Last Negro World Series, and
the making of a baseball legend
Baseball Hall of Famer Willie Mays is one of baseball's
endearing greats, a tremendously talented and charismatic center
fielder who hit 660 career homeruns, collected 3,283 hits, knocked
in 1,903 runs, won 12 Gold Glove Awards and appeared in 24 All-Star
games. But before Mays was the "Say Hey Kid," he was just a boy.
"Willie's Boys" is the story of his remarkable 1948 rookie season
with the Negro American League's Birmingham Black Barons, who took
a risk on a raw but gifted 16-year-old and gave him the experience,
confidence, and connections to escape Birmingham's segregation,
navigate baseball's institutional racism, and sign with the New
York Giants. "Willie's Boys" offers a character-rich narrative of
the apprenticeship Mays had at the hands of a diverse group of
savvy veterans who taught him the ways of the game and the world.
Sheds new light on the virtually unknown beginnings of a baseball
great, not available in other books Captures the first incredible
steps of a baseball superstar in his first season with the Negro
League's Birmingham Black Barons Introduces the veteran group of
Negro League players, including Piper Davis, who gave Mays an
incredible apprenticeship season Illuminates the Negro League's
last days, drawing on in-depth research and interviews with
remaining players Explores the heated rivalry between Mays's Black
Barons and Buck O'Neil's Kansas City Monarchs, culminating in the
last Negro League World Series Breaks new historical ground on what
led the New York Giants to acquire Mays, and why he didn't sign
with the Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Yankees, or Boston Red Sox
Packed with stories and insights, "Willie's Boys" takes you
inside an important part of baseball history and the development of
one of the all-time greats ever to play the game.
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