Shut Out: A Story of Race and Baseball in Boston
by Howard Bryant 2021-01-01 09:19:05
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Shut Outis the compelling story of Boston''s racial divide viewed through the lens of one of the city''s greatest institutions - its baseball team, and told from the perspective of Boston native and noted sports writer Howard Bryant. This well writte... Read more
Shut Outis the compelling story of Boston''s racial divide viewed through the lens of one of the city''s greatest institutions - its baseball team, and told from the perspective of Boston native and noted sports writer Howard Bryant. This well written and poignant work contains striking interviews in which blacks who played for the Red Sox speak for the first time about their experiences in Boston, as well as groundbreaking chapter that details Jackie Robinson''s ill-fated tryout with the Boston Red Sox and the humiliation that followed. Less
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  • 9.02 X 5.98 X 1.1 in
  • 296
  • Routledge
  • August 30, 2002
  • English
  • 9780415927796
Howard Bryant is a senior writer for ESPN.com and ESPN the Magazine and has served as the sports correspondent for NPR's Weekend Edition Saturday since 2006. He is the author of The Last Hero: A Life ...
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