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Black baseball players recall days playing in segregated league
San Antonio Express-News· 2 hours agoInside the East Side building that bears his father’s name, former major and minor league baseball...
How baseball's Negro Leagues navigated the Great Depression - Marketplace
Marketplace· 7 days ago“The League” chronicles the history of baseball’s Negro Leagues, established several decades before...
Reggie-led 1967 Birmingham A's memorable for many reasons
Birmingham News· 1 day ago“Rickwood: The legacy of America’s oldest ballpark” takes a deep dive at stories from the Negro ...
Tickets on sale for MiLB 'Tribute to the Negro Leagues' game at Rickwood Field
Alabama's 13· 6 days ago"America's oldest ballpark" is almost back in action and tickets are on sale now. Scheduled for June...
How Newark Eagles' co-owner Effa Manley fought for civil rights - Marketplace
Marketplace· 7 days agoEffa Manley co-owned the Newark Eagles with her husband, Abe, from 1935 to 1948 and served as...
Baseball boosted Japanese Americans during internment. A field in the desert may retell the story.
USA TODAY Sports via Yahoo Sports· 5 days agoIn 1927, he competed alongside and against Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig...Black people and Latinos, Asian American players were not welcome in Major League Baseball< ...
Oldest living MLB player turns 100, vividly recalls facing Dodgers in 1953 World Series
Los Angeles Times· 4 days agoSchallock, the oldest living former Major League Baseball player, certainly has had the last laugh....
He replaced Mickey Mantle. Now baseball’s oldest living major leaguer, Art Schallock, is turning 100
Hartford Courant· 4 days ago“Every morning,” Schallock recalled, chuckling at the thought decades later. Just part of being the...
Tampa Bay Rays Reveal 'Grit and Glow' City Connect Alternate Uniforms
Sports Illustrated· 19 hours agoThe Tampa Bay Rays became the latest MLB team to release alternate uniforms as part of Nike's City...
Willie Mays Fast Facts
CNN via Yahoo Sports· 6 days ago...Plays for the Birmingham Black Barons, part of the Negro League. 1950 - Signed by the New York Giants as...an over-the-shoulder catch that is...
