Brooklyn Bat Boy: A Story Of The 1947 Season That Changed Baseball Forever

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The 1947 season was important in baseball history because Jackie Robinson played first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Robinson broke the color barrier" that had kept African-Americ ans out of Major League Baseball. Brooklyn Bat Boy is the fictional story of Bobby Kelly, the 12-year-old bat boy for the 1947 Dodgers. As Bobby learns to accept the new idea of having an African-American playing for Brooklyn, he comes to respect Robinson and learn important lessons from him."--Page [4] of cover. • Author: Geoff Griffin • Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform • Publication Date: Mar 26, 2016 • Number of Pages: 152 pages • Language: English • Binding: Paperback/African Americans • ISBN-10: 1530482674 • ISBN-13: 9781530482672 Show more