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Episode 23: Andrea Williams - Journalist and author of Baseball's Leading Lady

Pretty Big News

English - June 08, 2021 16:45 - 43 minutes - 79.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 79 ratings
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On episode 23 of Pretty Big News, Matt Castello interviews Andrea Williams. Andrea is a journalist and the author of Baseball's Leading Lady: Effa Manley and the Rise and Fall of the Negro Leagues. Matt asked Andrea about working at the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, Branch Rickey not compensating the Kansas City Monarchs for Jackie Robinson's contract, what Effa might have thought about MLB's decision to recognize stats from the Negro Leagues, the writing process, and much more!
Follow Andrea on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AndreaWillWrite
Buy Baseball's Leading Lady here: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250623737
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On episode 23 of Pretty Big News, Matt Castello interviews Andrea Williams. Andrea is a journalist and the author of Baseball's Leading Lady: Effa Manley and the Rise and Fall of the Negro Leagues. Matt asked Andrea about working at the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, Branch Rickey not compensating the Kansas City Monarchs for Jackie Robinson's contract, what Effa might have thought about MLB's decision to recognize stats from the Negro Leagues, the writing process, and much more!

Follow Andrea on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AndreaWillWrite

Buy Baseball's Leading Lady here: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250623737

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