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Hmmmm ... Only The Ball Was White, maybe because it was the 1 st book on Negro Leagues i read. Gave me a lot of insight to Satchel Paige, but also the NL as a whole. it's somewhere in my garage, but dang if i know exactly where.
But the one with most influence (and i've used it a lot to get info on Negro League players for my game) The Biographical Encyclopedia Of The Negro Baseball Leagues by James A Riley. Only negative i've found on this book, it has almost no stats, but interesting little bios and history of players.
and the third most import one to me was "The Enclypopedia Of Minor League Baseball" - which merely listed all the minor league teams and their movements and histories. A dull read but historically interesting on the craziness of the minors.
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