Tells the story of Effa Manley, a hard-headed business woman who owned the Newark Eagles baseball team and turned them into the pride of the local community
Citing the Giants’ history as a “nearly complete slice” of the history of semi-pro and professional baseball in the early part of the twentieth century, when cities had dozens of teams with some featu
Cumberland Posey began his career in 1911 playing outfield for the Homestead Grays, a local black team in his Pennsylvania hometown. He soon became the squad’s driving force as they dominated semi-pro
