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Willie's Boys: The 1948 Birmingham Black Barons, The Last Negro League World Series, and the Making of a Baseball Legend

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New York Giants head scout and former pitching ace Carl Hubbell described his visit to the Polo Grounds to watch the Birmingham Black Barons of the Negro American League play the New York Cubans as "the day I saw the best goddamn baseball player I have ever seen in my life." Hubbell sensed that the gangly teenager with blinding speed, a whip-like arm, and dynamite in his bat was more than a raw talent, and he was right. The Black Barons' manager and players had made a mission of coaching, g...