Just Call Me Minnie

Just Call Me Minnie
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Publisher : Sports Publishing LLC
Total Pages : 205
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ISBN-10 : 0915611902
ISBN-13 : 9780915611904
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Book Synopsis Just Call Me Minnie by : Minnie Minoso

Download or read book Just Call Me Minnie written by Minnie Minoso and published by Sports Publishing LLC. This book was released on 1994-01 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On May 1, 1951, a legend was born. So was an era. Newly acquired Orestes Minoso, the first Black to play Major League Baseball in the city of Chicago, stepped into the batter's box for his first turn at bat in a Chicago White Sox uniform. On the mound for the New York Yankees that May afternoon was hard-throwing right-hander Vic Raschi, one of baseball's best. With a runner on first and one out, Minoso took Raschi's first pitch, then coolly blasted his second offering 415 feet into the centre field bullpen. The crowd of Comiskey Park faithfuls cheered wildly. Today, more than 40 years later, those cheers can still be heard. The living drama of this six-decade baseball legend is told with a rare blend of candor, insight, and honesty.


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