South of the Color Barrier: How Jorge Pasquel and the Mexican League Pushed Baseball Toward Racial Integration
This book tells the story of how Mexican multimillionaire businessman Jorge Pasquel and the Mexican League hastened the integration of major league baseball. During the decade that preceded Jackie Robinson's breaking of the color barrier, almost 150 players from the Negro League played in Mexico, most of them recruited by Pasquel.
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This book tells the story of how Mexican multimillionaire businessman Jorge Pasquel and the Mexican League hastened the integration of major league baseball. During the decade that preceded Jackie Robinson's breaking of the color barrier, almost 150 players from the Negro League played in Mexico, most of them recruited by Pasquel.
Foreword Monte Irvin 1Preface 5Introduction 7Not a Stereotypical Mexican 15Baseballs and Bullets 23Blacks Are Barred from Baseball 30Cuba's Baseball Pioneers 37Negro Leaguers Face Discrimination 43Cracks in the Color Barrier 48A Dictator Raids the Negro Leagues 56Satchel Paige Heads South 60Negro Leaguers Are Courted 69Pasquel Forms Team, Wins Title 74Red Carpet for Black Players 86Negro Leagues React to the Mexican Threat 94World War II 100Majors Lose Fans, Negro Leagues Gain 110Latino Major Leaguers Jump 115The Pressure to Integrate Baseball 120Pasquel Raids the Majors 125Pasquel Courts White Stars 130Stephens Bolts, Owen Stays 135Name-Calling 141Fisticuffs on the Field 148The Reserve Clause Is Challenged 155Black Versus White 162Robinson Integrates Organized Baseball 169Mexican Leaguers Go tothe Majors 177The Mexican League Faces a Crisis 183The Commissioner Lifts the Ban 188Pasquel Quits Baseball 193Epilogue 200Known Negro League Players in Mexico, 1937-1946 205Chapter Notes 207Bibliography 217Index 223
