Download Catching Dreams: My Life in the Negro Baseball Leagues AudioBook Free
In a uncommon memoir about the Negro Leagues and its own celebrated players, Frazier "Slow" Robinson offers an inspiring and often interesting view of the dark-colored baseball diamond by having a catcher's cover up. In 1939, at age 29 - after participating in professional baseball for 12 years - Frazier Robinson found the legendary Satchel Paige in barnstorming video games from New Orleans to Walla Walla. Robinson played several more times in the Negro Leagues before concluding his job in Canada. While his job was a solid one, it was less amazing than that of his good friend and Hall-of-Famer, Satchel Paige, therefore more typical of the knowledge of all Negro Leaguers. Richly embroidered with the threads of dark-colored society and of life as a dark-colored athlete in a racially divided nation, Robinson recounts his long job with the skill and simple a natural storyteller. He covers, in remarkable aspect, the personal point of view of the men, the groups, and the changing times that designed this uniquely American subculture. From participating in catcher for obscure commercial groups to barnstorming with Satchel Paige, he chronologically traces his countrywide journey through the 1920s, '30s, '40s, and early '50s. The foreword by John "Buck" O'Neil and intro by Gerald Early place Robinson squarely in the world of sports, African American culture, and American record. The reserve is posted by Syracuse College or university Press.
