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On June 20, 2024 the San Francisco Giants and St. Louis Cardinals played at Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Alabama. The Cardinals wore...

Jun 25, 20242 min read

The Society for American Baseball Research, of which I am a member, has recently added a new book to their digital library. The 1939...

Jun 11, 20242 min read

The Kansas City Royals hosted the Houston Astros tonight wearing throwback uniforms of the 1945 Kansas City Monarchs and the...

Sep 16, 20232 min read

On August 27, 2023, the Somerset Patriots (AA affiliate of the New York Yankees) celebrated the New York Black Yankees. As the Black...

Sep 8, 20234 min read

Oscar Charleston. Otto Briggs. John Donaldson. Heavy Johnson. Dave Malarcher. Spot Poles. Dick Redding. Bullet Rogan. Specks Webster. Jud...

Nov 11, 20211 min read

It is often said in Negro League research circles that proving a false negative is easier than proving a positive, with respect to...

Nov 9, 20213 min read

Who doesn't love a good sequel? As I've said, this project will be never ending as the topic of Black baseball pre-integration is still...

Nov 3, 20212 min read

The Cincinnati Tigers were the first Negro League team I was ever aware of as a child. My father, who grew up just a few blocks from old...

Nov 1, 20212 min read

The first spark that inspired this project began in a dusty high school library over 15 years ago. Phil Dixon's "The Negro Baseball...

Oct 31, 20211 min read