Art Pennington lived one of those lives that no longer seem possible. He was talented enough on the baseball diamond to play in two East-West All Star games, excel in the Mexican League in the late 1940s, and then return to the desegregated U.S. minor leagues in the 1950s. He was still talented enough to lead the 3-I League in batting in 1952. He was gifted, with a resume of excellence not often equaled in the larger gamut of the history of professional...