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Perron, Cam, 1994-
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Perron, Cam, 1994- -- Friends and associates.
Baseball -- History.
Negro leagues -- History.
Baseball players, Black -- United States -- Biography.
Discrimination in sports -- United States -- History.
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Perron, Cam, 1994-
Perron, Cam, 1994- -- Friends and associates.
Baseball -- History.
Negro leagues -- History.
Baseball players, Black -- United States -- Biography.
Discrimination in sports -- United States -- History.
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Comeback season : my unlikely story of friendship with the greatest living Negro League baseball players /
Cam
Perron
with Nick Chiles ; [foreword by Hank Aaron].
by
Perron
,
Cam
,
1994-
Gallery Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2021.
Call #:
796.35764 P459c
Subjects
Perron
,
Cam
,
1994-
-- Friends and associates.
Baseball -- History.
Negro leagues -- History.
Baseball players, Black -- United States -- Biography.
Discrimination in sports -- United States -- History.
ISBN:
9781982153601 (hc)
9781982153618 (pbk)
Edition:
1st Gallery Books hardcover ed.
Description:
xiv, 255 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Summary:
"The uplifting, unlikely, and inspirational true story of the friendships formed between
Cam
Perron
-- a white, baseball-obsessed teenager from Boston -- and hundreds of former professional Negro League players, who were still awaiting the recognition and compensation that they deserved from Major League Baseball more than fifty years after their playing days were over. Featuring the players’ fascinating stories and original photographs.
Cam
Perron
always loved history, and from an early age, he had a knack for collecting. But when he was twelve and bought a set of Topps baseball cards featuring several players from the Negro Leagues, something clicked.
Cam
started writing letters to former Negro League players in 2007, asking for their autographs and a few words about their careers. He got back much more than he expected. The players responded with detailed stories about their glory days on the field, and the racism they faced, including run-ins with the KKK. They explained how they were repeatedly kept out of the major leagues and confined to the historic but lower-paying Negro Leagues, even after Jackie Robinson -- who got his start in the Negro Leagues -- broke the color barrier. By the time
Cam
finished middle school, letters had turned into phone calls, and he was spending hours a day talking with the players. In these conversations, many of the players revealed that their careers had been unrecognized over time, and they’d fallen out of touch with their former teammates. So
Cam
, along with a small group of fellow researchers, organized the first annual Negro League Players Reunion in Birmingham, Alabama in 2010. At the celebratory, week-long event, fifteen-year-old
Cam
and the players -- who were in their 70s, 80s, and 90s -- finally met in person. They quickly became family. As
Cam
and the players returned to the reunion year after year,
Cam
became deeply involved in a complicated mission to help many players get pension money that they were owed from Major League Baseball. He also worked to get a Negro League museum opened in Birmingham, and stock it with memorabilia. Sports fans -- and anyone who enjoys a heartfelt story -- will have their eyes opened by this book about unlikely friendships, the power of memories, and just how far a childhood interest can go."--Publisher.
Genre:
Memoirs.
Other authors:
Chiles, Nick.
Aaron, Hank, 1934-2021.
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