SHE LOVED BASEBALL: The Effa Manley Story by Audrey Vernick, illustrated by Don Tate Effa’s gravestone reads: SHE LOVED BASEBALL. And did she ever! In 1935, Effa and her husband, Abe, started the Brooklyn Eagles in the new Negro National League. A year later, when the team moved to Rupert Field, Effa took on the… Read more »
Sunday, January 23, 2011
