Bob Motley

Ruling Over Monarchs, Giants, and Stars

True Tales of Breaking Barriers, Umpiring Baseball Legends, and Wild Adventures in the Negro Leagues

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For more than a decade, umpire Bob Motley called balls and strikes for the Negro Baseball League, earning the opportunity to work with such legends as Hank Aaron, Ernie Banks, and Willie Mays. Ruling Over Monarchs, Giants & Stars is his revealing, humorous memoir.

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Motley, Byron / Lester, Larry / Warwick, Dionne (Vorb.)

ISBN: 978-1-61321-059-8
EAN: 9781613210598
Produktnummer: 11495838
Verlag: Simon & Schuster N.Y.
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
Seitenangabe: 240 S.
Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D16.3 cm 621 g
Gewicht: 621

Über den Autor

Bob Motley is the only living umpire from the Negro Baseball Leagues. While a combat Marine in World War II, Motley found his life's passion, umpiring. In addition to his time in the Negro Leagues, he umpired in the Pacific Coast League and the College World Series, and also officiated semi-pro and college basketball and football games. Motley currently serves on the board of directors for the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum and is a Royal Lancer with the Kansas City Royals. He lives in Kansas City, MO. Larry Lester is a Negro League baseball historian and researcher. A founding member of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City, MO, Lester has spent his career bringing to light some of the most important, poignant, and largely forgotten moments in American baseball history. He currently serves as co-chairman of the Negro Leagues Committee for the prestigious Society for American Baseball Research (SABR). He lives in Raytown, MO.