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2020 SABR Seymour Medal  2019 CASEY Award for Best Baseball Book of the Year Buck O’Neil once described him as “Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, and Tris Speaker rolled into one.” Among experts he is regarded as the best player in Negro Leagues history. During his prime he became a legend in Cuba and one of Black America’s most popular figures. Yet even among serious sports fans, Oscar Charleston is virtually unknown today. In a long career spanning from 1915 to 1954, Charleston played against, managed, befriended, and occasionally fought men such as Lou Gehrig, Jimmie Foxx, Lefty Grove, Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson, Jesse Owens, Roy Campanella, and Branch Rickey. He displayed tremendous power, speed, and defensive instincts along with a fierce intelligence and commitment to his craft. Charleston’s competitive fire sometimes brought him trouble, but more often it led to victories, championships, and profound respect. While Charleston never played in the Major Leagues, he was a trailblazer who became the first Black man to work as a scout for a Major League team when Branch Rickey hired him to evaluate players for the Dodgers in the 1940s. From the mid‑1920s on, he was a player‑manager for several clubs. In 1932 he joined the Pittsburgh Crawfords and would manage the club many consider the finest Negro League team of all time, featuring five future Hall of Famers, including himself, Cool Papa Bell, Josh Gibson, Judy Johnson, and Satchel Paige. Charleston’s combined record as a player, manager, and scout makes him the most accomplished figure in Black baseball history. His mastery of the quintessentially American sport under the conditions of segregation revealed what was possible for Black achievement, bringing hope to millions. Oscar Charleston introduces readers to one of America’s greatest and most fascinating athletes.   

At this time of writing, The Ebook Oscar Charleston: The Life and Legend of Baseball's Greatest Forgotten Player has garnered 8 customer reviews with rating of 5 out of 5 stars. Not a bad score at all as if you round it off, it’s actually a perfect TEN already. From the looks of that rating, we can say the Ebook is Good TO READ!

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My interest in Negro League players was piqued when Strat-O-Matic released a NL players set complete with a booklet written by Scott Simkus (mentioned briefly in this book). What a wonderful way to “see” how these seemingly forgotten players performed. That though is a review for another product. Jeremy Beer does a fantastic job of bringing to life someone who every single fan of baseball should know. He was definitely the Mike Trout of his time and most certainly one of the games all-time greats. Unfortunately he never got to show it in the ML’s because of baseball’s racist color barrier but as you will read, he did face white ML’ers in offseason barnstorming games. Many all-time greats including Honus Wagner and Jimmie Foxx have named him the best player they ever saw.I flew through this book as Mr Beer does a fabulous job going year by year, including off season tours and Cuban Winter League’s.My wish is that more and more of these NL players get the fame they deserve and in the not too distant future people will be freely talking about these greats as they do their white ML contemporaries. Wouldn’t it be something when we evoke the names of Ruth, Speaker and Cobb that we include Charleston and Bullet Joe Rogan and Nip Winters.For someone who loves baseball, statistics and the history of the game, this book is a must read. Thank you Mr Beer for bringing Oscar to life in a way that my 1924 Integrated Replay couldn’t.

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