Leagues Apart: The Men and Times of the Negro Baseball Leagues by Lawrence S. Ritter

Leagues Apart: The Men and Times of the Negro Baseball Leagues Reviews

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  Scott Parker

  Leagues Apart: The Men and Times of the Negro Baseball Leagues was a fun book to read. It focused on individual athletes that played in these leagues during that time. I especially enjoyed the author's descriptive writing.
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  Pauline

  Often books written for children or youth are the best ones for adults who want the simple knowledge without so much extraneous information. Here was a quick book with facts everyone should know—especially baseball fans. I’ve read quite a bit about the Negro Leagues and still learned some new things. Since I was young, I’ve always loved the history of the negro leagues—some of my all-time favorite players got their start there. I’ve always felt it was our (today’s baseball fans) responsibility to remember and honor these men who had such courage, grit, guts to do what they did even when baseball wasn’t fair to them. Mr. Ritter has another winning book here and I appreciated his comment at the end of the book that expresses my feelings as well, “it’s too late to compensate these fine athletes for what they lost through no fault of their own, but the least we can do is remember their names and honor their memories.”
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  Jon Van

  I love this book because it brings good information about the Negro Leagues and some of the stars of that league. Satchel Paige and Josh Gibson were some of the best players baseball has ever seen and I think that they are mostly overlooked because they spent most of their time in the Negro Leagues. This book is on the biography and multicultural shelf and shows great traits of idea and organization. I would use this book to read to the class for a baseball theme or during Black History Month. I would also have it available on the bookshelf for students to read at any time.
  
  Reading level: 5.2