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Satchel Paige : striking out Jim Crow
\"Baseball Hall of Famer Leroy Satchel Paige (1906-1982) changed the face of the game in a career that spanned five decades. Much has been written about this larger-than-life pitcher, but when it comes to Paige, fact does not easily separate from fiction. He made a point of writing his own history . . . and then re-writing it. A tall, lanky fireballer, he was arguably the Negro League's hardest thrower, most entertaining storyteller and greatest gate attraction. Now the Center for Cartoon Studies turns a graphic novelist's eye to Paige's story. Told from the point of view of a sharecropper, this compelling narrative follows Paige from game to game as he travels throughout the segregated South. In stark prose and powerful graphics, author and artist share the story of a sports hero, role model, consummate showman, and era-defining American.\"--Provided by publisher.
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Seismic rehabilitation of steel buildings with semi-rigid connections under fifth generation of ETEF
This study assesses the effectiveness of seismic base isolation using triple friction pendulum isolators (TFPIs) as a retrofitting strategy for a five-story steel building. This building is characterized by vulnerable Satchel connections, which suffered extensive brittle failures during the 1990 Manjil and 2003 Bam earthquakes in Iran. Four different experimentally calibrated Satchel connection configurations (S1 to S4) were modeled within a typical five-story building. These configurations varied in parameters such as rotational stiffness (780t.m/rad to 1380t.m/rad), angle lengths (15 cm to 20 cm), and beam sections (IPE180 and IPE220). For each of the four building models, all connections were uniformly assigned one of the four specimen types. The structural and non-structural performance of these models was evaluated using nonlinear endurance time (ET) analysis. The assessment covered seismic hazard levels corresponding to 475-year, 2475-year, and return periods beyond 2475 years. The results showed that implementing a base isolation system avoids the need for extensive strengthening of the existing connections. Moreover, by adding the isolators to the current connections, the structure’s performance can significantly surpass that of a brand-new, code-compliant design.
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Who was Our Jackie Robinson?
The story of Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier in Major League Baseball is well-known, but there were other instances of racial integration in baseball that often go unnoticed. One such example occurred in Suffolk County, Long Island, in the mid-twentieth century. Suffolk County had a predominantly white population and a history of racial segregation. However, it also had a strong baseball community, with connections to black baseball teams like the Cuban Giants and the Philadelphia Stars. One significant moment was when the Brookhaven Town Highway Nine, an all-white team, recruited Ralph \"Sammy\" Bunn, a talented black pitcher. Bunn's addition to the team marked the first known instance of an African American playing on a white Suffolk County baseball team. Although not as well-known as Jackie Robinson, Bunn's story is an important part of Suffolk County's baseball history and the broader narrative of racial integration in America's pastime.
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Satchel Paige and the 1948 Pennant Race
The Indians acquired Satchel Paige on Jul 7, 1948. He registered six wins against just one loss throughout the rest of the season. Bill Veeck (the owner of the Indians) wanted Satchel on the team because of his pitching ability. Veeck needed Paige's arm to help the Indians win the pennant. But in addition, Veeck believed that Satchel's status as an elder statesman of the African American baseball community and the Negro Leagues meant that Paige would put fans in seats and help his bottom line. Here, Jordan explores Paige's impact on the pennant race by closely examining his pitching statistics after he joined the Indians.
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Satchel & the Yastrzemskis
In his final major league game, Leroy Robert Paige, better known to the world as Satchel Paige, produced yet another impressive outing to add to the multitude he had collected over his long and illustrious career. It was Sep 25, 1965, and a then fifty-nine-year- old Paige had made his way back to a major league mound after an absence of twelve years. Fans marveled as the former Negro Leagues' star player pitched three dominant innings, surrendering one hit and allowing no runs. The lone hit, a double, came off the bat of Boston Red Sox All-Star left fielder, Carl Yastrzemski Jr. Paige had created a moment that became ingrained in the annals of baseball history, and Yastrzemski's name will forever be mentioned in its telling. Here Montella presents the events leading to that first encounter between Paige and Yastrzemski and it also addresses how three distinct histories converged on that day.
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Creating Critical and Empowering Counternarratives in Children's Literature: An Interview with Lesa Cline-Ransome and James Ransome
Lesa has written over 25 picture books, five middle grade or YA novels, biographies, and a collective biography, and she has contributed to several anthologies. The Ransomes shared with us in conversation: * Their beginnings and how they came to children's literature * The power of literacy and education within African American culture * Their shared critical lens and focus on justice and equity * Their shared commitment to tell untold stories * How their shared interests and living together strengthen their work JAMES: [...]I ordered a correspondence course when I was probably in the fifth or sixth grade, \"How to Draw Gags and Get Rich, Rich, Rich,\" which was a popular ad that could be found in the back of most comic books when I was growing up. [...]I didnt have any art until I moved away from North Carolina, where I was born and went to school. [...]when 1 moved to Bergenfield, New Jersey, in high school there was an amazing art program. [...]he liked the way I drew and told me I should illustrate children's books. [...]that's when I said, \"Well, along with doing that sports stuff, 1 could also do children's books, every now and again, just for the fun of it, nothing serious.\"
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If You Were Only White
If You Were Only White explores the legacy of one of the most exceptional athletes ever—an entertainer extraordinaire, a daring showman and crowd-pleaser, a wizard with a baseball whose artistry and antics on the mound brought fans out in the thousands to ballparks across the country. Leroy \"Satchel\" Paige was arguably one of the world's greatest pitchers and a premier star of Negro Leagues Baseball. But in this biography Donald Spivey reveals Paige to have been much more than just a blazing fastball pitcher. Spivey follows Paige from his birth in Alabama in 1906 to his death in Kansas City in 1982, detailing the challenges Paige faced battling the color line in America and recounting his tests and triumphs in baseball. He also opens up Paige's private life during and after his playing days, introducing readers to the man who extended his social, cultural, and political reach beyond the limitations associated with his humble background and upbringing. This other Paige was a gifted public speaker, a talented musician and singer, an excellent cook, and a passionate outdoorsman, among other things. Paige's life intertwined with many of the most important issues of the times in U.S. and African American history, including the continuation of the New Negro Movement and the struggle for civil rights. Spivey incorporates interviews with former teammates conducted over twelve years, as well as exclusive interviews with Paige's son Robert, daughter Pamela, Ted \"Double Duty\" Radcliffe, and John \"Buck\" O'Neil to tell the story of a pioneer who helped transform America through the nation's favorite pastime. Maintaining an image somewhere between Joe Louis's public humility and the flamboyant aggression of Jack Johnson, Paige pushed the boundaries of segregation and bridged the racial divide with stellar pitching packaged with slapstick humor. He entertained as he played to win and saw no contradiction in doing so. Game after game, his performance refuted the lie that black baseball was inferior to white baseball. His was a contribution to civil rights of a different kind—his speeches and demonstrations expressed through his performance on the mound.
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Recalling the time Satchel Paige Bob Gibson staged a Hall-of-Fame pitching duel in Rochester
What they never expected was that it would be legendary times two. According to George Beahons story in the Democrat and Chronicle, Lovenguth came back to the bench complaining about the lack of support he had received after an error by Wings third baseman Frank Verdi and a weak throw by left fielder Gene Oliver resulted in an unearned run. [...]in 1981, after a spectacular career that saw him notch 251 wins, toss 56 shutouts and post a 2.91 ERA, he was inducted into the Hall of Fame. Though they never met on the court, they did on a Rochester diamond that no longer exists, in a game that's become more special over time.
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Whites, Blacks, and the Homestead Grays
My cousin, John Charles, loved baseball as much as I did, and during the '50s, we were both Pittsburgh Pirates fans. But since they lost so much and were always in the cellar of the National League, we both wavered in our loyalty. I followed the Cleveland Indians whose battles with the Yankees for the American League pennant made baseball much more interesting for me. John Charles lived outside of Pittsburgh in Duquesne, and rooted for the Homestead Grays, a team I never heard of. When we got to the field, I was disappointed. I expected to see a much nicer ball diamond and park. One of my friends had actually gone to Forbes Field, and he described the grass as being perfect, the greenest he and his father had ever seen. He also said Forbes Field had three tiers of seats, constructed of steel girders, and were taller than any building in Clymer, our hometown, or the County Courthouse in Indiana, Pa., the tallest building in our county.
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