Cooperstown's Back Door

Cooperstown's Back Door
Author: Paul D. White
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2024-11-04
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1476654212

For over 60 years, the color barrier excluded Black ballplayers from the major leagues, forcing them to form their own teams and leagues. After Jackie Robinson broke down that barrier, Black players faced another: the barrier to the Hall of Fame. At the time of the founding of the Hall of Fame, segregation was firmly entrenched in baseball, and it was defended by the same power brokers who kept the Hall successful with their support. The fight for the recognition that Black players had earned on the field lasted nearly as long as the color barrier itself. This book presents the full history of that fight: the exclusion of Black players for so many years, the many efforts to fix that, and the fights for Hall of Fame recognition of the Negro Leagues that are still ongoing.

The Cooperstown Caboose

The Cooperstown Caboose
Author: Ramon Cassinari
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 141
Release: 2008-06-09
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1450069991

Take a most unusual trip on the Cooperstown Caboose, a journey into the unknown. Join the kids of Cooperstown as they explore puzzling and strange phenomena in new dimensions. Summer vacation was never like this! When a bolt of lightning blasts the Cooperstown Caboose, Dakota, Matt, Lori, Jess and Cowboy find themselves in the mysterious world of Dimension Zero. It is a world of two lands. One is filled with strange and wonderful things, including a Princess, a baby Loch Ness monster, flying cars and UFOs. The other land, dark and dangerous, holds huge insects and angry giants. When Matt gets captured by the giants, will he get out? Uncover the secret of the Megalith Code – did Cowboy decipher its meaning? Is it a safe haven for our world? Why did destiny choose these kids to unravel its bizarre and strange meaning? Discover the compelling answers, which will leave you in shock and awe. And what about the return trip? Will the kids of Cooperstown ever make it? Or will they end up lost in a prehistoric world of dinosaurs, where flying reptiles and giant meat-eaters try to make lunch of them? With the help of a brilliant scientist, can they make it back to our dimension and escape the clutches of other horrible dimensions? Set in our modern world, this adventure story is sure to thrill. But reader beware – the action never stops! You will not want to put this book down!

The Cooperstown Caboose - Final Jump - Hijacked

The Cooperstown Caboose - Final Jump - Hijacked
Author: Ramon Cassinari
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 140
Release: 2009-07-17
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1450080162

The Cooperstown Caboose – Final Jump – Hijacked Ramon Cassinari A summer vacation detonates in this Cooperstown Caboose Trilogy finale, as Dakota, Matt, Lori, Jess, Cowboy and Princess Palacetina face the ultimate challenge. The Cooperstown Caboose is hijacked by a well-trained and desperate team of international terrorists that force the kids to jump dimensions and once again return to Dimension Zero. Vicious killers, motivated by pure greed and an evil thirst for power, the terrorists violently hijack the caboose and the entire Cooperstown gang of kids. The ruthless terrorists’ diabolical mission is to conquer Dimension Zero, to acquire its gold, oil and uranium, and then to ultimately rule it. Goaded by death threats, Dakota takes the terrorists on an impossible mission to steal the gold of the Cardrozins in the evil land of Cycloptica. Are the terrorists up for what the evil land of Gathk can dish out? Expect the gory worst – you won’t be disappointed as the tables are turned on the terrorists. Cyclopses, Mosquito Harpies, giant One-Eyed Gorillas, and armies of skeleton warriors all await them. In the explosive gory conclusion, the terrorists are hijacked themselves and meet the ultimate evil - demonic space creatures called the Alientoids who create human zombies! Will the Cooperstown kids win over the terrorists? Can they make one last final jump to return home? The Cooperstown Caboose Trilogy concludes with this fast-paced, full-throttle, high-action adventure. Witness the final thrilling episode and be ready for ultra heart-pounding adventures and extreme surprises as the Cooperstown Caboose makes its final jump!

The Return of the Cooperstown Caboose

The Return of the Cooperstown Caboose
Author: Ramon Cassinari
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 164
Release: 2009-05-20
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1450080154

Theyre back! Smashing the Dimension boundaries again! Hot summer vacation explodes with ultimate awesome adventures as Dakota, Matt, Lori, Jess and Cowboy return back to Dimension Zero. In this next chapter of the fantastic Cooperstown Caboose Trilogy, Dakota makes a return trip. His scheme: Embark on a mission to find the secret treasure of the Cardorzins. Hidden in a world of monsters and supernatural oddities are riches of gold, the likes of which the world has never seen or known. Enter the evil land of Cycloptica, ruled by a mystic lion, where every living creature has only one eye and is guarded by a giant Cyclops. Their trip is cut short when they learn that the entire evil land of Gathk will be destroyed and that they must return back to our dimension. Their friend, the incredible Professor Hinstein, comes to the rescue again. The kids go on a quest to obtain more Uranium for the Professor to construct atomic transporters for the return trip. The most unthinkable happens: Lost, the kids find themselves in The Pit of Ghosts, the entrance into a hellish spirit world. Extreme terrifying adventures await the reader when they get a peek inside the most evil place in the universe! Do the kids escape unscathed? Will they be up for the ultimate challenge? Can Cowboy continue his struggle to crack the Megalith code? Its the ultimate race now as the kids try and beat the doomsday clock and help save the world from the impending destruction that began back in year 2012! Do they all return home or is one of them lost forever? The ultimate summer vacation continues to heat up as Dimension Zero awaits the Return of the Cooperstown Caboose.

The Road to Cooperstown

The Road to Cooperstown
Author: Tom Stanton
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2004-05
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780312331184

From the author of "The Final Season" comes a true bonding experience at the heart of this book about baseball, family, the Hall of Fame, and the town with which it shares a rich heritage. Photos.

Cooperstown Confidential

Cooperstown Confidential
Author: Zeʼev Chafets
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2009-07
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

Chafets shows the inner workings of the National Baseball Hall of Fame: the politics, the players, and the people who own and preserve it. b&w photo insert.

Voices from Cooperstown

Voices from Cooperstown
Author: Anthony J. Connor
Publisher: Promontory Press
Total Pages: 360
Release: 1998-03
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 9781578660162

This unique book opens a window to the time when baseball, America's favorite pastime, was indeed played mainly for the love of it. Here are recollections of old-time craftsmen such as Grover Cleveland Alexander, Ty Cobb, Joe DiMaggio, Lefty Grove, Babe Ruth, Jackie Robinson, and Cy Young. Memories and photographs create an informal, sweeping portrait of a century of baseball -- and America. Fans of all ages will discover how baseball became a symbol of joy and loyalty, a sport that reflected the players and their times. Filled with sentiments of baseball at its best, this volume celebrates the national pastime that continues to link one generation to another.