num_pages: 240
description: From an award-winning graphic artist and baseball historian comes a strikingly original illustrated history of baseballs forgotten heroes including stars of the Negro Leagues barnstorming teams semi-pro leagues foreign leagues and famous players like Shoeless Joe Jackson Jackie Robinson Willie Mays and Joe DiMaggio before they achieved notoriety.From a young age Gary Cieradkowski had a passion for baseballs unheralded heroes. Inspired by his father and their shared love of the sport Cieradkowski began creating outsider baseball cards as a way to tell the little-known stories of baseballs many unsung heroesalongside some of baseballs greatest players before they were famous. The League of Outsider Baseball is a tribute to all of those whove played the game known and unknown.Shining a light into the dark corners of baseball historyfrom Mickey Mantles minor league days to Negro League greats like Josh Gibson and Leon Day; to people that most never knew played the game such as Frank Sinatra who had his own ball club in 1940s Hollywood; bank robber John Dillinger who was a promising shortstop and took time out between robberies to attend Cubs games; and even a few US presidentsthis book is a rich visual tribute to Americas pastime.Meticulously researched beautifully illustrated using a unique vintage baseball-card-style and filled with a colorful and rich cast of characters this book is a prized collectors item and will be cherished by fans of all ages.
language: English
title: The League of Outsider Baseball: An Illustrated History of Baseball's Forgotten Heroes
publisher: Atria Books