{"product_id":"9780786495573","title":"Baseball's First Colored World Series : The 1924 Meeting of the Hilldale Giants and Kansas City Monarchs","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1924, after the Hilldale Giants captured the league crown in the new Eastern Colored League and the Kansas City Monarchs won out in the four-year-old Negro National League, the two teams met in a best-of-nine series for the world championship. But a 13-inning tie in Game 4 and alternating wins throughout would force a tenth and deciding game, making it the longest World Series--black or white--in the modern era.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e This heavily illustrated volume provides a comprehensive account of the first championship series played between teams from two all-black professional leagues. It provides commentary, records, and full statistics for each club's regular season performance, along with biographical profiles of the players. Coverage also includes position-by-position comparisons of the Series combatants; a breakdown of the attendance, gate receipts, and team shares; game-by-game summaries; comments from the players; and complete statistics--including pitcher-batter matchups--for both teams.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Co Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48685998145771,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":73.15,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/4484\/5803\/files\/9780786495573-1.jpg?v=1785754955","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.sg\/zh\/products\/9780786495573","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Singapore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}