The Pitcher and the Dictator: Satchel Paige's Unlikely Season in the Dominican Republic

Soon after Satchel Paige arrived at spring training in 1937 to pitch for the Pittsburgh Crawfords, he...
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Author: Averell Ace Smith
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The Pitcher and the Dictator: Satchel Paige's Unlikely Season in the Dominican Republic by Smith, Averell Ace

The Pitcher and the Dictator: Satchel Paige's Unlikely Season in the Dominican Republic

$61.03

The Pitcher and the Dictator: Satchel Paige's Unlikely Season in the Dominican Republic

$61.03
Author: Averell Ace Smith
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Soon after Satchel Paige arrived at spring training in 1937 to pitch for the Pittsburgh Crawfords, he and five of his teammates, including Josh Gibson and Cool Papa Bell, were lured to the Dominican Republic with the promise of easy money to play a short baseball tournament in support of the country's dictator, Rafael Trujillo. As it turned out, the money wasn't so easy. After Paige and his friends arrived on the island, they found themselves under the thumb of Trujillo, known by Dominicans for murdering those who disappointed him.

In the initial games, the Ciudad Trujillo All-Star team floundered. Living outside the shadow of segregation, Satchel and his recruits spent their nights carousing and their days dropping close games to their rivals, who were also stocked with great players. Desperate to restore discipline, Trujillo tapped the leader of his death squads to become part of the team management.

When Paige's team ultimately rallied to win, it barely registered with Trujillo, who a few months later ordered the killings of fifteen thousand Haitians at the border between Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Paige and his teammates returned to the states to face banishment from the Negro Leagues, but they barnstormed across America wearing their Trujillo All-Stars uniforms.

The Pitcher and the Dictator is an extraordinary story of race, politics, and some of the greatest baseball players ever assembled, playing high-stakes games in support of one of the Caribbean's cruelest dictators.

For more information about The Pitcher and the Dictator, visit thepitcherandthedictator.com.

Author: Averell Ace Smith
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: 04/01/2018
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.12lbs
Size: 9.26h x 7.69w x 0.91d
ISBN: 9781496205490

About the Author
Averell "Ace" Smith is a political consultant and lifelong baseball fanatic. He is a thirty-year veteran of state and national politics and has directed winning campaigns from district attorney to president of the United States. He has been profiled in the Los Angeles Times, the New Republic, and the San Francisco Chronicle.

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