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Outlaw Ballplayers - Interviews and Profiles from the Independent Carolina Baseball League (Paperback)
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Outlaw Ballplayers - Interviews and Profiles from the Independent Carolina Baseball League (Paperback)
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The players of the independent Carolina League were outlaws. A
diverse lot that included preachers and ex-cons, with many former
and future Major Leaguers, they played ball during the desperate
years of the Great Depression, when half of organized professional
baseball's minor leagues went broke and ceased operations. Despite
the number of defaulting leagues and teams, the players were held
to their prior contracts, and many found themselves unemployed,
unable to play without violating the reserve clause that bound them
to their previous club. The threat of being blackballed by
organized baseball notwithstanding, hundreds of players went to bat
for the independent Carolina League, and their stories offer unique
glimpses into the pastime's - and America's - most difficult years.
This follow-up to the immensely popular and award-winning ""The
Independent Carolina Baseball League, 1936-1938"" (McFarland, 1999)
takes the story of outlaw baseball into extra innings, offering a
wealth of previously unpublished interviews with the key players
and personnel associated with the league. With outstanding coverage
of nearly 20 players, including the notorious Edwin Collins
""Alabama"" Pitts and well-known Lawrence Columbus ""Crash"" Davis,
this book also offers the unique perspectives of umpires,
journalists and players' wives. Appendices include a Pitts family
history, the Kannapolis Towelers team record book, player records,
and the history of the Carolina Victory League.
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