Black diamond : the story of the Negro baseball leagues / [electronic resource]
Patricia C. McKissack and Fredrick McKissack, Jr.
- New York : Scholastic, c1994.
- 184 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 178) and index.
Play ball -- Out of the ballpark -- Batter up! -- Bases loaded -- The lineup -- You're out! -- Black diamonds -- Foul ball -- Away games -- Bottom of the ninth -- A winning season -- The close of the Negro Leagues.
Traces the history of baseball in the Negro Leagues and its great heroes, including Monte Irwin, Buck Leonard, and Cool Papa Bell.