Will Shares A Non Fiction Summary

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Black Diamond is a non-fiction book about the
Negro Leagues(how it formed and how it ended).
My favorite fact was that a man named Rube
Foster payed money to help the NNL/NAL.
Did you know that Satchel Paige got banned from
the NNL a lot of times? I think anyone who likes sports
and facts would like this book.

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