{"product_id":"double-play-on-the-red-line-paperback","title":"Double Play on the Red Line - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRajesh C. Oza\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTraveling up and down Chicago's elevated train system's Red Line, Ratan, a professor of sports journalism, puzzles through a near-lynching of a peanut vendor at Wrigley Field. At first, the peanut vendor, Ernie, is hesitant to share much. What he does share includes the following: he played for the Kansas City Monarchs of the Negro Leagues; he served his country's military in the Korean War; after the war, his smooth-fielding and power-hitting attracted the attention of the Cubs ownership; he was destined to be one of the first ten Black baseball players in the Major Leagues at a time in America's history when black lives mattered only so far as they entertained whites or enhanced the economic value of the country's capitalist engine; and he never played a single game in Wrigley Field because he was convicted of murder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr. Rajesh C. Oza has contributed to \u003ci\u003eLiving in America\u003c\/i\u003e and written \u003ci\u003eGlobalization, Diaspora, and Work Transformation\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eSatyalogue \/\/ Truthtalk; \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e P.S., Papa's Stories.\u003c\/i\u003e He writes columns and book reviews for \u003ci\u003eIndia Currents \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eKhabar Magazine.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eDouble Play on the Red Line \u003c\/i\u003eis inspired by his daughter's experience with Northwestern University's Innocence Project. He and his family immigrated to Chicago when the astronauts landed on the moon and the Cubs had a momentous late-season collapse. Since 1969, the number of incarcerated Americans has increased fivefold, one percent of whom are wrongfully convicted.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 282\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 21, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44379309375590,"sku":"9780883784341","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/6nJg45EXeC9780883784341.webp?v=1768918482","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/double-play-on-the-red-line-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}