I Am A Baseball Player: A True Story About Baseball's Youngest Pro - Softcover

Stimpson, Maria E.; Stimpson, Gloria Price

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0692805702 ISBN 13: 9780692805701

Publisher: Open Book Company, 2016

Synopsis

Before there was Little League Baseball... Before Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color line... There was... Marvin Daniel Price. A little boy from Chicago who would make history as baseball's youngest pro. I Am A Baseball Player captures the energy and indomitable spirit of a young boy in the 1940s who would become a modern day role model by living up to the daily mantra of his youth... "I Am A Baseball Player!"

Beautifully written and warmly illustrated, this previously untold story of an unsung sports hero is an inspiration and a gift to anyone with a desire to make an impossible dream, possible.

About this title

About the Author

Maria E. Stimpson, Ph.D., is an educational psychologist, university instructor of psychology and the recipient of several writing awards at local and national levels, including the Nielsen Award from the National-Society of Arts and Letters for the teleplay “A Crime of Fashion.” Additional accolades include the Chicago Tribune’s publication of her dramatic short story “Snubbed” and first place honors from the Chicago Archdiocese and the NAACP ACT-SO competitions for her one-act play “Visitors from Our Proud Past”. Always working behind the scenes, she honed her writing skills in the sports department at FOX 32 Chicago, and with WGN Radio, WLIT-FM and WLUW-FM. As the youngest niece of Marvin Daniel Price (the central character in I Am A Baseball Player) and as the daughter of a locally prominent basketball coach, she is an avid sports enthusiast with secret hopes of owning her own sports franchise one day.

Gloria Price Stimpson is the youngest sister of Marvin Daniel Price (the central character in I AM A Baseball Player). She is a retired Chicago Public Schools (CPS) classroom teacher, children’s teacher-librarian, educational consultant and coordinator for DePaul University’s former program (School Achievement Structure), mentor in the Teachers for Chicago program, and educational consultant to CPS teachers and principals. Additionally, she was a student- teacher mentor and supervisor for Columbia College Chicago, the University of Northern Iowa, and the University of Michigan Flint, and instructor of prospective teachers at DePaul University and Loyola University Chicago. Throughout her educational career, she has regaled students, teachers and administrative faculty with read-a-louds and book presentations throughout the Chicagoland area.

Edition details

• Publisher: Open Book Company
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0692805702
• ISBN 13: 9780692805701
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 34