If I remember right, Fergie Jenkins had signed a "C" form with the Montreal Canadiens (meaning if he had chosen hockey over baseball, He'd be considered their property).
My favorite books:
October 1964 by David Halberstam
Veeck-As In Wreck by Bill Veeck
The Long Season by Jim Bronsan
Storied Stadiums by Curt Smith
Smoke (a GREAT book about Cuban baseball)
Heart Of The Game by Andy Jurinko
and,of course, Glove Affairs by Noah Liberman
My favorite movies:
Big Leaguer (1952)- a spring training film starring Edward G.Robinson-LOTS of cool gloves
the When It Was A Game trilogy
61*(2001)