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South of the Color Barrier: How Jorge Pasquel and the Mexican League Pushed Baseball Toward Racial Integration John Virtue
South of the Color Barrier: How Jorge Pasquel and the Mexican League Pushed Baseball Toward Racial Integration
John Virtue
Tells the story of how Mexican multimillionaire businessman Jorge Pasquel and the Mexican League hastened the integration of major league baseball. During the decade that preceded Jackie Robinson's breaking of the color barrier, almost 150 players from the Negro League played in Mexico, most of them recruited by Pasquel.
231 pages, photos, notes, bibliography, index
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | October 24, 2007 |
| ISBN13 | 9780786432936 |
| Publishers | McFarland & Co Inc |
| Pages | 239 |
| Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 12 mm · 318 g |
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