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Comeback season, my unlikely story of friendship with the greatest living Negro League baseball players, Cam Perron with Nick Chiles ; [foreword by Hank Aaron]

eng

contains biographical information

illustrations

no index present

non fiction

Comeback season

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Cam Perron with Nick Chiles ; [foreword by Hank Aaron]

my unlikely story of friendship with the greatest living Negro League baseball players

"The...true story of the friendships formed between Cam Perron--a white, baseball-obsessed teenager from Boston--and hundreds of former professional Negro League players, who were still awaiting the recognition and compensation that they deserved from Major League Baseball more than fifty years after their playing days were over"--, Provided by publisherIn 2007, at the age of twelve, Perron bought a set of Topps baseball cards featuring several players from the Negro Leagues. He started writing letters to former Negro League players asking for their autographs and a few words about their careers. The players responded with detailed stories about their glory days on the field, and the racism they faced, including run-ins with the KKK. The letters turned into phone calls, and in these conversations many of the players revealed that they had fallen out of touch with their former teammates. Perron and a small group of fellow researchers organized the first annual Negro League Players Reunion in Birmingham, Alabama in 2010. This is the story of his mission to help many players get pension money that they were owed from Major League Baseball-- and to get a Negro League museum opened in Birmingham, stocked with memorabilia. -- adapted from jacket

Prologue -- The collector -- Finding my way into sports -- Hello, Negro Leagues -- The history of Black baseball in America -- Seeing the hard truth -- Going pro -- The Birmingham gamble -- Family reunion -- Taking on the pensions -- Hard work, rewarded -- Unexpected attention -- College days -- My old friends -- The comeback