Full Description
This book tells the story of how Mexican multimillionaire businessman Jorge Pasquel and the Mexican League hastened the integration of major league baseball. During the decade that preceded Jackie Robinson's breaking of the color barrier, almost 150 players from the Negro League played in Mexico, most of them recruited by Pasquel.
Contents
Table of Contents
Foreword by Monte Irvin
Preface
Introduction
1. Not a Stereotypical Mexican
2. Baseballs and Bullets
3. Blacks Are Barred from Baseball
4. Cuba's Baseball Pioneers
5. Negro Leaguers Face Discrimination
6. Cracks in the Color Barrier
7. A Dictator Raids the Negro Leagues
8. Satchel Paige Heads South
9. Negro Leaguers Are Courted
10. Pasquel Forms Team, Wins Title
11. Red Carpet for Black Players
12. Negro Leagues React to the Mexican Threat
13. World War II
14. Majors Lose Fans, Negro Leagues Gain
15. Latino Major Leaguers Jump
16. The Pressure to Integrate Baseball
17. Pasquel Raids the Majors
18. Pasquel Courts White Stars
19. Stephens Bolts, Owen Stays
20. Name-Calling
21. Fisticuffs on the Field
22. The Reserve Clause Is Challenged
23. Black Versus White
24. Robinson Integrates Organized Baseball
25. Mexican Leaguers Go to the Majors
26. The Mexican League Faces a Crisis
27. The Commissioner Lifts the Ban
28. Pasquel Quits Baseball
Epilogue
Appendix: Known Negro League Players in Mexico, 1937-1946
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
