Cheap Pitching for the Stars
In early summer 1959 Texas Tech senior Jerry Craft was planning to stay home on the family ranch when Carl Sedberry a semipro baseball manager phoned asking him to try out for his club. Craft had never heard of the Wichita Falls/Graham Stars but they needed a pitcher and Craft was surprised and persuaded by their offer to pay $75 per game. Craft was in for an even bigger surprise when he reported to Spudder Park and realized that Mr. Sedberry was recruiting him for the West Texas Colored League. No one
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