Uppity: A Black Man, A White Ball, and the Games People Play

by Bill White (Author), Gordon Dilk (Contributor)

• New

  Hardcover
  2011

  $49.17

  There are few major personalities in the world of sports who have so much to say about our National Pastime and even fewer as well respected as Bill White. Bill White, who's now in his mid 70s, was an All-Star first baseman for many years with the New York Giants, St.Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Phillies before launching a stellar broadcasting career with the New York Yankees for 18 years. He left the broadcast booth to become the President of the National League for five years. A true pioneer as an African-American athlete, sportscaster and top baseball executive, White has written his long-awaited autobiography in which he is candid, open and forthcoming about his life in baseball. Along the way, he shares never-before-told stories about his long working relationship with Phil Rizzuto, insights on scores of top baseball names and Hall of Famers. Best of all, White built his career on being outspoken, and the years fortunately have not mellowed him. UPPITY is a baseball memoir that baseball fans everywhere will be buzzing about.