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Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
"kansas city monarchs" Discussed on Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
"Yeah. Or from like little league. Or something. Yeah, 21st round draft pick by the Astros in 2016 as a four year old. He went to big chuck, his grandfather told him he wanted to be a baseball player when he grew up and big chuck and little chuck were both there and around to see him make his debut. So that was just a wonderful story for multiple levels. And I blame everyone for not alerting me to this factory. Because you all know we don't talk about the red, so you have to inform you. You have to tell us stuff about the reds, you know? The newsworthy happens with the reds. You gotta let us know. Thank you. All right. And lastly, we get to the Colorado Rockies. And we really didn't get any suggestions for the rockies. Rocky's good rocky stories. It wasn't much out there. So fortunately, I saw a story that was very well timed published this week by MLB dot com that supplied me with a fun little rockies entry here. So this was published on boxing day by Sam dykstra and it was these 5 minor league systems improved most in 2022. So this was going by the preseason and end of season MLB pipeline, organizational rankings, which probably mirror other systems, other sites, and outlets, but the rockies were number one on this list because their pre season rank according to pipeline was 24th and their re rank at the end of the season was 9th. And so they made the biggest climb and the blurb mentioned that at the beginning of the season, they had only one top 100 prospect Zack veen, whom we have discussed. He is still at the top of the rockies list, but now they have Ezekiel tovar and adiel amador and drew Romo and tovar had a big season. He was known as a defensive shortstop and then he hit better at double-A and he actually made the majors toward the end of the season. Which we may have mentioned and then they drafted Gonzaga right hander Gabriel Hughes, tenth overall in the draft and so that gave them a good high ceiling pitcher to go with the other guys. So the rockies now at least according to pipeline have a top ten system after being almost about 5 system to start the year. So that's good. Congrats, rocky's that's a nice positive story. And the other teams that had the biggest improvements, the reds were second. The guardians and the cubs and the nationals. So other than the guardians, pretty uncompetitive teams, which is what you would expect, I guess, that those would be the teams making farm system gains. So the guardians, I mean, even more encouraging right that they had such a young team and then also in improving pharma system and they won the division, just but we'll get to that in the AL edition of this. But something to feel good about on the farm at least for rocky spins. I maintain that the most exciting thing was went in Bernard making the majors in 2020 two, but I've already made my case for that in a major major league. Yep. So, you know, what are you gonna do? All right, well that concludes that exercise, or at least the NL edition, and we will wrap up with the AL teams later in the week. And I'll just give you the past blast. This is episode 1947. Big year in baseball history. And this past blast comes from Jacob ranky sabers director of editorial content and chair of the black Sox scandal research committee, and he writes 1947 and then there were two. For nearly two years after the Dodgers signed Jackie Robinson in 1945, Brooklyn was the only AL or NL team that seemed to show much interest in signing black players. Before Robinson made his historic debut in 1947, the Dodgers also went out and signed future Hall of Famer Roy campanella and star pitcher Don newcombe, along with several other Negro leagues veterans, but no other teams followed brand tricky's lead, the Dodgers also might have added a third Hall of Famer to their roster in Larry doby, who instead became the first black player in American League history when he made his debut with Cleveland on July 5th, 1947, one week later, on July 12th, 1947, Wendell Smith of the Pittsburgh courier wrote about how close the Dodgers came to signing Adobe. Quote, if Cleveland had waited a little longer, they would have missed getting Larry dobrik's signature on a contract. At the time, Cleveland grabbed the hard hitting second basement of the Newark eagles, the Brooklyn Dodgers were trailing him night and day, although doby did not know it himself, the Dodgers had a scout eyeing him in every game he had played for the past three weeks. It could be that Cleveland knew the Dodgers were hounding the Negro second basement and stole a march on them by snatching him from right under branch Ricky's nose. The Dodgers planned to sign Adobe and send him to Montreal on the Dodgers last trip to Chicago Ricky dispatched a wire to his Brooklyn office and ordered his scouts to quote get back on dobie's trail and also to start negotiating with mister and misses Abe Manley, owners of the Newark team for his contract. Bill Veck, the liberal and personable owner of Cleveland has been interested in a Negro player ever since he purchased the club. He first heard of dobes winter when Bill nunn, managing editor of the Pittsburgh courier, went to Cleveland and discussed the entire idea with him. At the time, vec assured none that he wouldn't hesitate to sign any grow player if he were good enough to make the grade, none saying the praises of dobe and urged vec to look the kid over real good and of course he did and signed Toby and dobie went on to his own great Hall of Fame career, although he struggled initially and there was an instant with the former effectively wild guess the late Eddie Robinson, who was initially upset that he had lost his job to Adobe and felt he had been told something different and guaranteed job security, but eventually dopey became a regular in solidified his spot on the rest of the following season and went on to a great career. Jacob concludes doby didn't see much playing time in 1947, but he switched to center field and emerged as a star in 48, helping Cleveland win its most recent World Series championship. He played 13 more seasons and was elected to the hall in 1998. Meanwhile, the St. Louis browns became the third ale or NL team to field black players in 1947 when they signed Hank Thompson and future Hall of Famer Willard Brown from the Kansas City monarchs in mid July, although that didn't go quite as well because they hadn't really laid the groundwork for that. That the Dodgers and other teams did. Anyway, the Dodgers could have had campanella Robinson and dopey. I guess it's for the best that those players were spread around a little bit more and that other teams got in on the action. However belatedly. Yep. All right, update on the wire's new bar pepper grinder. This product at fan
Baseball Tonight with Buster Olney
"kansas city monarchs" Discussed on Baseball Tonight with Buster Olney
"Jesse, when we talk about what happened 75 years ago today when Jackie Robinson desegregated Major League Baseball, I gotta say, it's hard not to feel like we're talking about a symbol like something abstract, something bigger than the specific dude who broke the color barrier of the national pastime in ways that continue to reverberate. So who was Jackie Robinson, the person, the athlete? He went to UCLA, the legendary UCLA and was sort of a ridiculous, unprecedented multi sport athlete. He is the only UCLA athlete to ever earn letters in four sports baseball basketball football and track. So let's start with the one he was probably the least good at in basketball. All he did was win the West Coast conference MVP, and he was only 5 foot 11. If you move on to track and field, he won NCAA titles in the long jump. If the 1940 and 44 Olympics had not been canceled due to World War II, he probably would have been an Olympian. But now we get to football and football might have been his best sport even considering his greatness in baseball. So in 1939 and 1940, he led the nation in punt return average. In 39, he was all PAC ten. He led the bruins to an undefeated season in 1940 he led the bruins and passing and rushing yardage. This is the type of athlete that we've really never seen even since then in those 75 80 years. No. So then after college, he was drafted into the army because the war is going on. He became a second lieutenant, which was extraordinarily rare for any black man, and he served in the 761st black Panthers tank battalion. He also was a husband of Rachel Robinson and at the time that he entered Major League Baseball. He was the father of a son. Jackie junior was born in 1946. He got his start in baseball in the Negro leagues with the Kansas City monarchs, one of the great franchises from that legendary Negro league time. So in 1947, Jackie Robinson was 28 years old. This combination of his athletic ability and by all accounts he was really a person of character and these characteristics were what made him attractive to the Dodgers because they knew that when they signed somebody, not only had they better produce on the field, but they also had to have the strength of character to survive what was coming. We talked to Jackie's youngest son, David Robinson, and asked him, who was your father? He was a grandchild. He was a child. He was a member of a race that he was an American citizen. In that day and age, particularly, he saw the responsibility to make opportunities where there was none in existence. So I think he stood up for himself, his family, and was able to make standing up his position in life, which he maintained right up until his death. So.
Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
"kansas city monarchs" Discussed on Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
"But what if we had little kids and like a dance studio type group that is doing dances that every dance ends at a split? And they're wearing bright yellow and they're called the banana splits. How fun would that be? First off, you're playing on the queue where everybody's like, oh my gosh, that's the cutest thing I've ever seen. And they're talented and they do the splits at the end. I mean, that's just unbelievably big. So that's something that we're looking to add this year without giving too much away. But we're always adding new stuff. So you're never going to get the same game twice here in banana, and I'll tell you that. And there will be more places to see banana Paul next year. I know this this year. There were a couple of banana ball games in mobile. It was the 2021 one city world tour. But next year, you seem to already have some dates lined up for several locations in the spring, right? Yeah, we're going we're continuing to expand this game in banana ball and going from one city to I want to say it's 7 now. 7 cities including Savannah, you know, we're going to all these different cities. So we're going to Savannah, Daytona Beach, Montgomery, Alabama, West Palm Beach, Florida, Columbus, Georgia, Birmingham, Alabama, and then Kansas City, and you know, obviously changing from one city to that many is pretty amazing. But we're taking banana all over the place. And because people want it, you know, when we first asked, where should we go? We have over 4000 cities that are saying, hey, bring banana ball here. We want to see it here. We want to see it. We had, I don't know how I want to say we had over 20 international requests. Like this is something that will go worldwide, but we have to be very smart on where we go next. And we like to test things and we do new tests. And we're going to these ballparks that have so much history. I mean, we're going to the oldest ballpark in America. And we're playing the newest game, the most exciting game. So we're going from this from the oldest to the newest. And then we're playing at the Houston Astros in Washington Nationals spring training facility in West Palm Beach. So we're trying all these new things and then Kansas City, we're going to be playing someone. We're playing another team. So we're playing the Kansas City monarchs as opposed to just playing the party animals or our own groups. So it's really, really exciting of where we're going and what's to come. And like I said, it's just the beginning. I mean, shoot, we went from one city to 7 now and it's just unbelievable the growth that this thing has taken off like nobody's business. It's moving and it's moving quick. Yeah, I wonder it's a lot of fun clearly just as an exhibition, but it kind of reminds me maybe you have 2020 cricket or T 20 as it's known which was just this shortened sped up version of the game and new format is supposed to be more exciting, but initially it wasn't really taken very seriously. It wasn't intended to be played internationally, but then it blew up and now just played it a really high level. So it was maybe been hitting up all follows a similar trajectory. But even if it's just for fun, that is okay too, and maybe MLP teams could take something away from it. So hopefully we will be able to talk to Jesse at some point in the future, maybe when the pinion is go back on the road. But in the meantime, tell everyone where they can find either you or the bananas, how do they watch? How do they follow how do they get tickets, et cetera? Yeah, absolutely. So I definitely I highly highly highly recommend talking to Jesse because hearing the story of how this thing came to be back in 2016 is nothing short of inspiring, honestly, and where it is now. It's unbelievable. So the sooner you can talk to Jesse, the better, because man, it's pretty special. And I'm super thankful to be here. You know, where to get tickets or where to find us at the Savannah bananas or at the salv bananas on most of our social medias. If you just look up Savannah bananas, I'm sure you'll run into us. Getting tickets, joining our priority list is pretty much the best way to go about it as it has become pretty tough to buy tickets. You know, we've seen scalpers try to sell our tickets for four times as face value, which is just unbelievable because it's an all inclusive ticket. So, you know, that's the best way to find tickets is just go search us up on our website and how to find me. You can find me on pretty much all social medias. Zach for Angelo the AC K and then my last name FRL and GIL. Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, pretty much anywhere you can find me. And I'm always open to talking and talking bananas because it is fun. I love it. And I love to talk about it, and I love to share what we're doing here because I think I really truly believe in what we're doing is making baseball fun and we're making new fans every single day. And we're inspiring this younger generation of baseball fans. I'm realizing now I shouldn't have introduced you in this segment I should have asked you to introduce yourself because that's a great band as players do. They announced themselves. It would have been appropriate. But thank you very much for joining us. This was Zack Franz lo. And we enjoyed talking about the bananas today, appreciate it, Zack. Again, thank you guys so much. I really hope to have you guys out of the game soon. Okay, that will do it for today. 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KNBR The Sports Leader
"kansas city monarchs" Discussed on KNBR The Sports Leader
"They've got guys to step in just time after time, and they keep coming through, so and then you've got you know, with the right headed hitting lineup. Later on. You've got a bunch of left hand hitters coming off the bench if you need it, so it's been really interesting. Yeah. Capitalist plan is working and and it's one of the It's one of the great things that they still need to hit better with guys on base, But you know, last night in particular. Diesel. Funny was so good. They just needed a couple of turkey hits and they got him and just a quick note on that to get good for Kapler, letting him go out for the night. So that was terrific. Actually wish he'd let him finish. Finish the game and we're listening to Crewe Co. Then he goes. You're talking about finishing a game complete games. He gets to get that 27th out. There's no feeling like it. It's the greatest feeling in the world. And you can't imagine what it does do a guy's confidence and I wish they'd let him getting take another shot at that 27th out. But these days, if you let a guy go go eight and two thirds it's unbelievable. Well, it was. You know, anytime you you get to save situation they always try to give somebody is safe. But I I was I'm all with you Listening to the game. I said, Yeah. Eight and two thirds. Come on. You got a 5 to 2 lead, and, you know, it's not like you're bringing John Blanchard up off the bench. Or, you know Jerry Lynch Jerry Lynch. Hey, we got very lucky Moto today. We got him in the show today. Very good, Bruce. Very good. Yeah. Dave Philly. Really? But yeah, I I agree with you, but he's an All Star and Gausman is not going to be an all star, obviously, because he's going to pitch Sunday. The Graham is out as well. And I would think Walker Buehler in disco. Funny. I mean, I would think you'd add those two No, absolutely. I mean, Walker Buehler, you know, gets a He's a lot more of a marquee name. He's been nothing but great since he came up and display fine. It's kind of resurrecting his career. So I think Bueller probably the first guy they look at, but absolutely it anti, Sclafani said. He didn't really have anything about going last night. You didn't have good stuff at all. And I think that's getting old. Yes, Yes, Yes, with that in his last start to that He just mauled everybody to Yeah, Yeah. Yeah, We had something. I'll tell you that. I think we're going to stop asking him that question in as Bill Parcells said. Your record speaks for itself. Yeah, He's been terrific. He really has been terrific Bill 27 outs. Were you surprised They pulled him at that last out. After eight innings because rubber you up and they were talking about him going eight innings. You still had 90 pitches when he went back out there. I was, like, okay, finish this thing because that's what you're out. Therefore And when you look at Herman Marquis, he's the only one who's got three complete games. He's at all stars. So I was thinking maybe capital is trying to push him to equal Marquez with three said, But you know I'm right with you guys. I mean, he should have just got one more hitter, tried one more. During the game. You know you saw Capital go out and talk to him. I'm loving that he's talking to his starters. He's not just pulling them before he talks to him. He's changed a little bit on that point, but my question to you today. Both you guys if you know, you know. Last night, the Giants played their only night game. They were the only team to play Nike me even though 6 15 was the start today, they're the first came up and they had to travel. Does the players association approved the schedule? Bruce? Do you know that if they have anything to do with it? Yeah, I'm really not on the inside of that. I'm not. I'm not sure how that works, but, um, no. I'm a little bit in the dark there, but I mean, it's it's good they're playing. I mean, it's not really a day game today. I don't know how it works. Is my answer. Marty. Yeah, I I think there's something about going time zones. Uh And then if you have a night game, which is I guess last night was a six of six dead started night game. And this is Is it a day game at 305? I don't know. But there are rules. Uh, you know, in this last agreement that said, you can't have these crazy trips, you know, play a game in New York on Sunday night. And a day game in San Francisco on Monday, so I would think there probably is something in there, Bill. Yeah, it doesn't come up very often as it used to who are really egregious violations of just you know, decency? Yeah, I don't. I don't think so. In that one. Hey, Um, Bruce, uh, we did want to touch on Larry Doby today. Uh, and that overlook him at all. July 5th 1947. He integrates the American League. We had Bob Kendrick on Saturday night from the Negro League Baseball Museum to tell the story. But you and I have done this show for so many years together, and each year we we recognize Larry Doby in his contribution to American society, baseball and what a tough time he had is just as a young 22 year old breaking into baseball. Yeah, I mean, you know he wasn't the first. But in the meantime, in 1947 he gets brought up around the All Star breakfast a few weeks after Jackie Robinson breaks in a few months, and he's the only black guy the American League. Come on. I mean that there were no interleague games. It's not like he and Jackie can get together before an interleague game and talk about what's what's going on here is the only black guy in the American League went through the same kind of thing. Jackie Robinson did and overcame it the same way as he said, You know, I just fought back all the stuff that came happy by playing as hard as they could and being one of the best the best players in the league, which he absolutely was. I mean, he was an all star every year for like, six years running. He led the league in just about anything you can name, including homers and RBIs along the way he was Almost the M V P for Yogi Bera, 1 1954 m v P. Magdalena was second he started and you know, they got to the Cleveland got to the series in 48. He became the first black player to hit, you know, Homer in the World Series off Johnny saying, no less. So he had a wonderful, wonderful career he played for in the Negro leagues. He was with the Newark Eagles. He's a New Jersey guy player from the Newark Eagles, and one year they knocked off the Legendary Kansas City Monarchs with Satchel Paige to win the that leader Leagues title. So really a very nice career. Um, I think he really wanted to top it off by being a manager, and it was it was. It was tough all the way into the seventies. You know he hadn't seen one. Finally, Frank Robinson breaks Tra in 77. I'm sorry. It was at 75 with Cleveland, but but Larry Doby was the second black manager in major league history with the White Sox. They fired. They fired Bob Lemon, and he took over and it just didn't work out. They went like 37 50, and he never got another chance. I think that that really bothered him. Yeah. I build you familiar with Larry Doby and Oh, for sure. Yeah. Yeah. You know, I grew up in Ohio. So he was a Cleveland Indian, and that was one of the things you need to follow the Indians and the Tigers and the Reds. That's kind of what I followed at and You know, I remember him being an all star. He seemed like he was in an All Star game every year, and I was just looking up seven time All star. That was one of the major things I remember about Larry Doby and some of the things that Bruce has said You can't put exclamation points around that because he just had a fabulous career. Of course, his numbers retired also, and you know that was that kind of guy that everybody kind of knew. But he wasn't that big name that everybody wanted to be that superstar when he was on a really good team. Yeah, Cleveland team had had a bunch of great and amazing pitching staff, which is really kind of the ongoing story of those Indians teams, Early win and Bob Feller and those guys Bob Lemon Garcia, but But he was an absolute mainstay. And as you said, you know the plan and all it was a fixture in the All Star game, which is very, very cool. He really He really made a tremendous career. You know, for himself against against heavy odds back then serious odds. Well, he's such a young man, and when they introduced them into the clubhouse, you know they signed them on July 3rd. Now it's July 5th. They get them in the game, and he strikes out and they basically don't use them much the rest of the year. But in the clubhouse when they brought him in, people just turned away, even shake his hand. And now we're not talking about Jackie Robinson, who's you know made issues on the bus. While he was in the Army, U C L A star and all the the Fabric that Jackie had to deal with all this stuff..
Heartland Newsfeed Radio Network
"kansas city monarchs" Discussed on Heartland Newsfeed Radio Network
"Talking to these guys. What did you find was your first impression about the negro leagues from having talked with them. What did you come away with. As far as an impression of the sport and of the game itself played by the african american players The first impression that i came away with was that these guys played essentially major league baseball without playing in the major leagues. They were making buyers. Many of these guys were better than major league baseball players but they were shut out from playing in the major and then my other biggest takeaway is probably the fact that there was no documentation or recognition of these guys of their careers and that that really Kind of stood out to me. What struck me is is that i didn't realize how big the negro leagues were. And maybe you can give us some insight about how big they were and how important it was to the african culture in other words the black people in this country. That blacks were playing the national pastime. Yeah it was. It was huge business. I mean it was one of the top businesses among blacks during The period of the negro leagues starting in nineteen twenty going to the early sixty. In addition to the the main negro themselves do where hundreds of regional and semi pro teams scattered around the country which were also big business is really just. It brought the whole community together. People dress up in their nicest clothes. Some of these games would attract fifteen twenty. Thirty thousand people The negro league east west all star games often attracted more people than major league. All star game so yeah it was. It was a huge deal for for the community at the time and also lends itself because during that period of time. Baseball always had great personalities. Great stories and as you've talked to these players that played in the negro leagues. What are some of your favorite stories that you've heard from them out There's so many spoken with probably two or three hundred guys Unfortunately many of the stories. I've heard are not. I don't wanna say favorite stories because they kind of have you know. sad seems to them or or negative aspects to where they were chased out of town or their bus broke down. And you know nobody helped them out but there are some pretty cool stories about guys You know this isn't one particular story but many of the guys have spoken with where sixteen seventeen years old and just hopped on a buff and next thing. I knew they were playing professional baseball. One of my buddies out here in los angeles. Nee dancy he was sitting in the stands when he was about thirteen or fourteen years old watching his older brother play on the memphis red sox and all of a sudden they just needed somebody to come in and fill in so he went from never having really played baseball before to playing on the memphis. Red sox and the negro league At the still in player for one game and several months later ended up going out on the road and playing with methods red sox a teenager and several years later he rejoined into the negro league. Play two years with the kansas city. Monarchs playing in one of the east west all star games where he was a starter and i think he was. Mvp of the game as well so pretty pretty crazy. How guy just became a professional baseball player from sitting in the stands to playing the game right then and there cam. Did you get an impression. And i've got this when talking over the years to a couple of the negro league players that they were enamored with the movie about bingo on traveling all star team of african american black players. Have you gotten any impression for many of them about how they felt the way the game and also the neighbor league baseball player was portrayed in the movie. You know. I don't bring that movie up All that much but a lot of guys look at that movie and they say you know like we were. We were serious team. The negro league was not a joke. yes. There was a little bit of clowning around on the indianapolis clowns baseball team. Which is kind of like what that movie was modeled after the indianapolis concert. Kind of the harlem globetrotters But they also played a very good high-quality baseball as well so guys look at that and say hey look this is a little bit of not an embarrassment but an exaggeration and it kind of dragged down the credibility of the league. I guess you could sex. What sense of personal satisfaction do you get and having done this for a long period of time and bringing to the forefront the history of negro league baseball on its players. i really enjoy When people reach out to me. Or i get to tell somebody about the negro league and they don't know anything about it and next thing. I know they're googling negro league they wanna meet a player or player and their cities coming out to their school to talk. I really just enjoy Seeing people learn And educate themselves about this essentially forgotten part of history in baseball history. One of the things that i sense in talking to the negro baseball players that i've interviewed is that i'd never once have. I heard any anger about their exclusion for major league baseball. I guess be a an acceptance of. That's the way it was at that particular point. You've talked to money more than i have. What sense do you get about how they feel about that period of time you know. It really varies based on the player many players are just grateful that they were able to participate in the negro league play professional baseball for several years but many of the players also went on and after their negro league days went on and played in the minor leagues for dozens of years or three or four years or maybe even half a season and then they got cut so there are. There are many guys that i've spoken with. That played in. The negro league went onto the minors and then played in triple a for three or four years and it just never able to make that break into the majors. A lot of those guys are are a little bit bitter at that fact knowing that there were guys that weren't as as them that made it up even if it was just a few days and they just never did. We only have a little bit over a minute. Left one has been the reaction. What reaction have you gotten over the. Hbo's real sports story on you. I've had a lot of people. Send me facebook. Linked in messages tweets all sorts of stuff. i've had a few relatives of player contact me which is actually led to a few new players being tracked down that i've gotten in touch with. We're actually work. I'm working on getting attention for one of the former players dot whose son reached out to me after the initial real sports episode aired. So i think that's the biggest Thing that's happened so far but yeah just a lot of good outreach. people. I'm asking about the degray league getting different players around the country to come in and talk at schools and organizations Overall just like a lot more awareness to the streets players and and to what's going on with the living players cam. I wanna thank you. Not only for what you're doing but bringing into to the forefront so people can understand and can appreciate this particular part of not only baseball history sports history as well. I know there's going to be a movie that's gonna come out. I can hardly wait to see it. But again i want to congratulate you for the great job that you've been doing and thanks for sharing the memories and your thoughts about the negro leagues with us. Take care and keep up the good work. Thank you on fan perrin with us and again you may have seen him on that piece by. Hbo's real sports about the negro leagues as he. Chronicles not only the league but also the outstanding players. If you haven't had a chance to see it be sure to check it out. You can find it certainly online. We continue across the country and around the world. It's good to have you with us here on sports by.
Heartland Newsfeed Radio Network
"kansas city monarchs" Discussed on Heartland Newsfeed Radio Network
"Talking to these guys. What did you find was your first impression about the negro leagues from having talked with them. What did you come away with. As far as an impression of the sport and of the game itself played by the african american players The first impression that i came away with was that these guys played essentially major league baseball without playing in the major leagues. They were making buyers. Many of these guys were better than major league baseball players but they were shut out from playing in the major and then my other biggest takeaway is probably the fact that there was no documentation or recognition of these guys of their careers and that that really Kind of stood out to me. What struck me is is that i didn't realize how big the negro leagues were. And maybe you can give us some insight about how big they were and how important it was to the african culture in other words the black people in this country. That blacks were playing the national pastime. Yeah it was. It was huge business. I mean it was one of the top businesses among blacks during The period of the negro leagues starting in nineteen twenty going to the early sixty. In addition to the the main negro themselves do where hundreds of regional and semi pro teams scattered around the country which were also big business is really just. It brought the whole community together. People dress up in their nicest clothes. Some of these games would attract fifteen twenty. Thirty thousand people The negro league east west all star games often attracted more people than major league. All star game so yeah it was. It was a huge deal for for the community at the time and also lends itself because during that period of time. Baseball always had great personalities. Great stories and as you've talked to these players that played in the negro leagues. What are some of your favorite stories that you've heard from them out There's so many spoken with probably two or three hundred guys Unfortunately many of the stories. I've heard are not. I don't wanna say favorite stories because they kind of have you know. sad seems to them or or negative aspects to where they were chased out of town or their bus broke down. And you know nobody helped them out but there are some pretty cool stories about guys You know this isn't one particular story but many of the guys have spoken with where sixteen seventeen years old and just hopped on a buff and next thing. I knew they were playing professional baseball. One of my buddies out here in los angeles. Nee dancy he was sitting in the stands when he was about thirteen or fourteen years old watching his older brother play on the memphis red sox and all of a sudden they just needed somebody to come in and fill in so he went from never having really played baseball before to playing on the memphis. Red sox and the negro league At the still in player for one game and several months later ended up going out on the road and playing with methods red sox a teenager and several years later he rejoined into the negro league. Play two years with the kansas city. Monarchs playing in one of the east west all star games where he was a starter and i think he was. Mvp of the game as well so pretty pretty crazy. How guy just became a professional baseball player from sitting in the stands to playing the game right then and there cam. Did you get an impression. And i've got this when talking over the years to a couple of the negro league players that they were enamored with the movie about bingo on traveling all star team of african american black players. Have you gotten any impression for many of them about how they felt the way the game and also the neighbor league baseball player was portrayed in the movie. You know. I don't bring that movie up All that much but a lot of guys look at that movie and they say you know like we were. We were serious team. The negro league was not a joke. yes. There was a little bit of clowning around on the indianapolis clowns baseball team. Which is kind of like what that movie was modeled after the indianapolis concert. Kind of the harlem globetrotters But they also played a very good high-quality baseball as well so guys look at that and say hey look this is a little bit of not an embarrassment but an exaggeration and it kind of dragged down the credibility of the league. I guess you could sex. What sense of personal satisfaction do you get and having done this for a long period of time and bringing to the forefront the history of negro league baseball on its players. i really enjoy When people reach out to me. Or i get to tell somebody about the negro league and they don't know anything about it and next thing. I know they're googling negro league they wanna meet a player or player and their cities coming out to their school to talk. I really just enjoy Seeing people learn And educate themselves about this essentially forgotten part of history in baseball history. One of the things that i sense in talking to the negro baseball players that i've interviewed is that i'd never once have. I heard any anger about their exclusion for major league baseball. I guess be a an acceptance of. That's the way it was at that particular point. You've talked to money more than i have. What sense do you get about how they feel about that period of time you know. It really varies based on the player many players are just grateful that they were able to participate in the negro league play professional baseball for several years but many of the players also went on and after their negro league days went on and played in the minor leagues for dozens of years or three or four years or maybe even half a season and then they got cut so there are. There are many guys that i've spoken with. That played in. The negro league went onto the minors and then played in triple a for three or four years and it just never able to make that break into the majors. A lot of those guys are are a little bit bitter at that fact knowing that there were guys that weren't as as them that made it up even if it was just a few days and they just never did. We only have a little bit over a minute. Left one has been the reaction. What reaction have you gotten over the. Hbo's real sports story on you. I've had a lot of people. Send me facebook. Linked in messages tweets all sorts of stuff. i've had a few relatives of player contact me which is actually led to a few new players being tracked down that i've gotten in touch with. We're actually work. I'm working on getting attention for one of the former players dot whose son reached out to me after the initial real sports episode aired. So i think that's the biggest Thing that's happened so far but yeah just a lot of good outreach. people. I'm asking about the degray league getting different players around the country to come in and talk at schools and organizations Overall just like a lot more awareness to the streets players and and to what's going on with the living players cam. I wanna thank you. Not only for what you're doing but bringing into to the forefront so people can understand and can appreciate this particular part of not only baseball history sports history as well. I know there's going to be a movie that's gonna come out. I can hardly wait to see it. But again i want to congratulate you for the great job that you've been doing and thanks for sharing the memories and your thoughts about the negro leagues with us. Take care and keep up the good work. Thank you on fan perrin with us and again you may have seen him on that piece by. Hbo's real sports about the negro leagues as he. Chronicles not only the league but also the outstanding players. If you haven't had a chance to see it be sure to check it out. You can find it certainly online. We continue across the country and around the world. It's good to have you with us here on sports by.
NEWS 88.7
"kansas city monarchs" Discussed on NEWS 88.7
"Into organise baseball, and I was a narrator sort of, and I was doing a Sammy The whammy. But there I am 1943 in Comiskey Part and this Jackie Robinson is working out with his team. Kansas City Monarchs. I'm looking around and guess who I say standing there. I ain't got the slightest idea to to scouts from our own beautiful bums. I see the scouts. Carrie Robinson industry. Brooklyn's president, Branch, Rickey. What do you think of Brooklyn? Robinson got nothing against it. Why do you think of Jim Curl? I'd like to not okay. I know what you mean. That's part of the proposition. Maybe you'll make it. Maybe you won't. I've never seen you play my scouts say are okay, But for this, we need a cool, quiet sauna fell, Um, one who can keep out of trouble and not let rise and get him. You know what I mean? You mean you want a guy who won't fight back when he shoved around If he knows anything about baseball, no baseball, Mr. The hard, aggressive game. But you can't swing hard on your knees. You got to stand up and fight. That's the way I look at it. I'm sorry if I'm not your man who said you are not the man. Well, I thought you wanted maybe I thought that too. You look different. Queues all forms it forms of farce and comedy as well as straight documentary was a documentary series. Primarily he had a stock company of excellent performance, primarily African American. Oscar Brown Jr that find songwriter entertainer was Arnold fairly regularly to Dick in his characterizations in the attitude that the characters took to particularly Sensitive.
Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
"kansas city monarchs" Discussed on Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
"The problem is or at least the problem for me as i was preparing for the segment is that that was not his major league debut. That was his season debut but he actually debuted last year unbeknownst to me. Because we we're not doing. The segment. And i was not tracking everyone who made his major league debut but he did pitch in five games last year. So ineligible therefore. I was forced to pivot and we got an email just this morning from kevin patriot supporter. Which was well timed in this case. He said it occurred to me. After your episode on the negro league stats being integrated into baseball reference that you could expand your delightful mita major leaguer segment to occasionally include. Negro leagues player is now part of the official record. Just an idea in that is a good idea. I will do that today. At least and i'm going to go with a major leaguer. Who hopefully you have heard of or met previously. But i think deserves all the attention he can get and that split roken. The great right handed pitcher and hitter for the kansas city. Monarchs at the nineteen twenty s. This week has been a bullet rogan appreciation week. I think because of the baseball reference moved to reclassify those stats status. Major league suddenly has been looking at leaderboards and looking at the new negro leagues stats hub on the site and everyone has suddenly been saying. Whoa bullet in check out this guy. And i just. I saw a bunch of tweets that were like holy crap bullet rogan and again. I think that's one of the benefits of of baseball reference. Doing that is that. He's not an unknown player. I mean he's a hall of famer but he is not quite as famous as you know your josh gibson satchel pages and so if you haven't looked at the stats before boat broken may have escaped your notice or at least the amount of notice that he should get an it seems like he is getting it now and this is well-timed because shohei otani is making his tenth start of the season on thursday or will have done so by the time you were hearing this against a new major by the way tigers prospect matt manning betton exciting match up that is otani ten start of the season. He is one of only two major leaguers who have ever gotten to double digits in starts on the mound and home runs and stolen bases as a position player in the same season and he has done that twice now he did it and twenty thousand two but the only other player ever to do it is split open in nineteen twenty two so between that and between the anniversary the anniversary of a famous game in rogan's career were you head to head on june twelfth nineteen twenty one against cincinnati's home leblanc who was kind of the other best pitcher in the negro leagues at the time and that was just written up by sabres game recap project so all sorts of things are coming up bullet rogan right now and i can't full justice to him in the segment we've devoted full episodes are interviews in the past two oscar charleston and to martine daego and maybe boat rogan should get that treatment at some point to for now. I will direct everyone to the baseball. Reference pages. Admire the stats. He stands out on the baseball reference hub. Because he has. The most war of any player accumulated in the negro leagues. So you know there were players who spend the negro leagues and american national. League's willie mays jackie robinson who had more war. But but rogan had the most were of any player exclusively in the negro leagues and by like ten war over willie wells and he did it because he was fantastic as both a hitter and a pitcher and just try to put this into perspective in his five-year peak. Nineteen twenty one to twenty five. That's his age. Twenty seven through thirty one seasons. The monarchs played four hundred twenty four league games that are included at baseball reference. And that should be pretty close to their total because the data coverage for the nineteen twenties is pretty good so four hundred. Twenty four games over that five year period bullet rogan. His batting and pitching war was worth thirty. Nine point eight wins but replacement now. If i've done the math correctly that means that per one hundred sixty two team games. Bullet rogan was worth fifteen point. Two war over that period or if we want to go with one hundred fifty four game schedules. That alien teams were playing at the time that would be fourteen point five war per one hundred fifty four games the best single season war ever by a major leaguer. According to baseball reference is babe. Ruth's fourteen point two in one thousand nine twenty three so relative to the negro national league replacement level reuss. Contemporary bullet rogan was playing better than peak ruth. Better than anyone has ever played. He just was an incredible two way. Player the stats are eye-popping. On both sides really his your a. Plus career is one. Sixty one is opiates. Plus career is one fifty two so he was fifty to sixty percent better at both of those things at the same time and there are not enough superlatives so some of the other fun facts. I've seen jeremy frank on twitter. The list of players with fifty plus career wins and fifty plus career. Home runs it. Saisi more babe ruth and bullet rogan and a tweet from at brave stats Effectively wild listener had the list of players with at least one hundred twenty career. Ps plus and one hundred twenty year era plus with at least five hundred plate appearances and two hundred innings. Pitched charlie ferguson. Bob carruthers babe. Ruth bullet rogan leon. Day and merchandise ego. He go and rogin are the only two who have at least a thirty. Opiates plus in both those categories and broken is the only one who has One fifty or better or even one forty or better in both those categories. So really kind of incredible. And i'll just stub brief summary. He didn't make his debut until he was almost twenty seven in nineteen twenty which is the beginning of the negro leagues so he was already well into his career in life by the time he got there which makes it even more impressive. He was born in eighteen ninety three and he was in the army for awhile before he was in the negro leagues and he played on a famous team in the military which was called the twenty fifth infantry records In the the buffalo soldiers regiment the records were really skilled team in the military at that time and a lot of their players went on to form the core of the monarchs teams of the nineteen twenties and so he excelled there and served in the philippines and was just in the army for years before he made his negro leagues debut and he could do it all and the quotes. The testimonials are really impressive. William big johnson. One of his teammates in the army said oscar charleston was everything but rogan was more roken. Could do everything everywhere. Satchel page famously said in unique diction. He was the only pitcher i ever saw. I ever heard of in my life was pitching and hitting in the cleanup place. He would often clean up when he was not pitching. According to rogan's longtime kennedy frank. Dumping if you had to choose between rogan and page you'd pick broken because he could hit the pitching you too soon have satchel as rogin understand but rogan's hitting was so terrific. Get my point i do. And casey stengel also called rogan one of the best if not the best pitcher that ever lived and the tributes go on and on and he was actually five seven which was not big even then and yet. He was the throwing pitcher. It seems like probably in the negro league. He unusually for the time often pitch without a wind up and pitch from the stretch in. Had a sidearm delivery..
As It Happens from CBC Radio
"kansas city monarchs" Discussed on As It Happens from CBC Radio
"Hall of famer willie. Mays had an incredible career as a major league baseball player. He was rookie of the year in nineteen fifty one national league. Mvp in nineteen fifty four and led the league with fifty one home runs in one thousand nine hundred fifty five. But today at the age of ninety mr maze's added ten more hits to his career. Total at baseball reference dot com. That's because for the first time the preeminent baseball statistics site includes an accounting of his achievements as a player for the negro leagues team. The birmingham black barons along with many other black players stat lines. Bob kendrick runs the negro leagues baseball museum. He helped baseball reference. Dot com incorporate the new data into the site. We reached him in washington. Dc blah. what does it mean to you to see the words. The negro leagues are major leagues splashed across baseball reference dot com. Today is exciting. It makes us feel proud. It makes us feel like we've been part of a movement that s led to this date. I felt the same way in december when major league baseball made the initial announcement that it was recognizing the negro leagues. We are ready to to be a major league and so against the day is still just yet another step in that. I guess what some validating just how significant the negro leagues were both on and off to feel now the addition of this data. How does it change the landscape in terms of major league baseball statistics in record holders up still trying to determine how this is all going into the integrated but at least have this information readily available. I think it helps those who clamor for this kind of information you know. Baseball is that useful game of comparisons and statistics. But always 'cause people that the numbers are merely contextual. You can never reduce the negro leagues to just mere statistics but for that group of individuals would need that to maybe help substantiate. How good josh. Gibson words satchel page or cool papa vail or the other legends of the negro leagues and that is very important but we also know that this story is so much bigger than the numbers is so much bigger than the game of baseball itself. It's the story. It's legends right and who the black players who should have been household names like babe ruth or barry bonds you. You mentioned some of them. Just tell us the stories of those men. Jack should know about the great. Cuban clear mountain hugo nicknamed el maestro. The master because he could do it all played all nine positions. Played all nine of them. Well he is the only baseball clear in the history of our sport to be enshrined into five different countries baseball hall of fame. He's in the mexican. Cuban venezuelan dominican and cooperstown oscar charleston. Who might dear friend and founder of the negro league baseball news in negro leaguer in his own right john buckle neil would say without hesitation the greatest baseball player he ever saw he thought willie mays to be the greatest major league and most people can curb because willie mays could beat you every way in which you could be. It could beat you with his bat with his arms with his legs with his glove with amazes illustrious professional baseball rig again in these same negro leagues but he thought oscar charleston carol to be the greatest baseball player he ever saw and again is not a household name and it should be now. The names that i mentioned earlier the satchel pages in the cool pocket bills and josh gibson's those of names that did transcend mainstream. Most baseball fans have at least heard over. Even if they don't know just completely how great they really were. Because i tell you now they're greatness. We'll defy whatever numbers are brought into play because what the numbers won't tell you is that in nineteen forty-three the kansas city. Monarchs james leslie. Wilkinson bought an airplane. He can fly. Satchel pays to go play for other teams. He hired him out to go pitch for other teams within flying back. Go pitch for the cancer mama. Those numbers tell you that would including the numbers. i mean. Just looking at at at a quote from josh gibson's great grandson shawn gibson. Who says that you know you're always knew that was it was. He was known to be the greatest black baseball player of all time. Now he says we can say. Josh is considered one of the greatest baseball players of all time. That's the change right. That is know they were for the entire time. They didn't want to be seen as a black baseball player. They just wanted to be baseball players. Which is by when bait wet to spanish speaking countries around the globe. That's how they received. But that's the quest. I think of black people in this country by and large in no matter what the ever is is that you just want to be recognized for what you do not call the skiing at you do it. But because of segregation because it created this need for a separate league that is now what we've gotten but we have is mindset that this lee was somehow inferior to the league that would let them play and so hopefully now. We're helping people understand. There is a kind of equal structure. Here that this lead. The negro leagues really would not take a backseat to any late and he's negro leagues created out of segregation hatred racism. But also out of the love of the game that were born and that's worked reigns supreme about this story and what we talk about it and the context in which we share this story at the baseball museum. We understand the circumstances that created a need for a negro leagues segregation. Was a horrible chapter in america's history but the story of the negro leagues themselves. There's nothing sorrowful That story it is triumphed over that adversity and is based on one. Small simple principle. You won't let me play with you. Then are create league amount. That's the spirit that this country hails and how the negro leagues in bided. That spirit really. Unlike anything in the annal of american history and that's why so triumphant in nature. Well bob i really look forward to learning more of the legends of baseball that we have not heard and all these years and thank you for the work. You do all it my pleasure. Thanks so much for having me all right. take care. Bye-bye bye-bye bob. Kendrick is the president of the negro leagues baseball museum. We reached him in.
As It Happens from CBC Radio
"kansas city monarchs" Discussed on As It Happens from CBC Radio
"Hall of famer willie. Mays had an incredible career as a major league baseball player. He was rookie of the year in nineteen fifty one national league. Mvp in nineteen fifty four and led the league with fifty one home runs in one thousand nine hundred fifty five but today at the age of ninety mr as added ten more hits to his career. Total at baseball reference dot com. That's because for the first time the preeminent baseball statistics site includes an accounting of his achievements as a player for the negro leagues team. The birmingham black barons along with many other black players stat lines. Bob kendrick runs the negro leagues baseball museum. He helped baseball reference. Dot com incorporate the new data into the site. We reached him in washington. Dc but what does it mean to you to see the words. The negro leagues are major. Leagues splashed across baseball reference dot com. Today is exciting. It makes us feel proud. It makes us feel like we've been part of a move that that s led to this date. I felt the same way in december when major league baseball made the initial house net. That it was recognizing the negro leagues ready to be a major league and so against today is still just yet. Another step in that i guess. What some validating. Just how significant the negro leagues were both on and off to feel now the addition of this data. How does it change the landscape in terms of major league baseball statistics record holders up still trying to determine how this is all going to the integrated but to at least have this information readily available. I think it helps those who clamor for this kind of base. You know baseball is that beautiful game of comparisons and statistics but always causing people. That the numbers are merely contextual. You can never reduce the negro leagues to just mere statistics but for that group of individuals would need that to maybe help substantiate. How good. Josh gibson satchel page or crew papa vail or the other legends of the negro leagues. That is very important but we also know that this story is so much bigger than the numbers is so much bigger than the game of baseball itself. It's the story. It's legends right and who. Who are the black players. Who should have been household names like babe ruth or barry bonds you. You mentioned some of them. Just tell the stories of those men you should know about the great cuban clear montenegro to higo nickname. El maestro the master because he could do it all played all nine positions. Played all nine of the well. He is the only baseball player in the history of our sport to be enthroned into five different countries baseball hall of fame. He's in the mexican. Cuban venezuelan dominican and in cooperstown should know about oscar charleston who might dear friend and founder of the negro league baseball in the negro in his own. Right john buckle. neil would save without hesitation. The greatest basketball player. He ever song that he thought willie mays to be the greatest major leaguers and most people can occur because willie mays could beat you every way in which you could beat you with his bat with his arms his legs with his glove and with amazes or lustrous professional baseball career began in these same negro leagues but he fought oscar charleston. Carol to be the greatest baseball player he ever song and again is not a household name and it should be now. The names that i mentioned earlier the satchel pages in a cool pocket bells and josh gibson's those of names that did transcend mainstream really. Most baseball fans have at least heard overs maine's even if they don't know just completely how great they really were. Because i can tell you. Now they're greatness will defy whatever numbers are brought into play. Because what the numbers tell you. Is that in one thousand nine hundred forty three the kansas city monarchs owner james leslie. Wilkinson bought an airplane. So he could fly. Satchel pays to go play for other teens. Hired him out to go. Pitch for other teams have been flying back. You'll piss cancer mama. Those numbers will tell you that. But i guess i would bike including the numbers are just looking at at at a quote from josh gibson's great grandson shawn gibson. Who says that. You know that you always knew that josh gibson was it was. He was known to be the greatest black baseball player of all time. Now he says we can say. Josh is considered one of the greatest baseball players of all time. That's the change right the change but you know what they were striving for the entire time. They didn't want to be seen as a black baseball player. They just wanted to be baseball players. Which is why when they went to spanish speaking countries around the that's how they were received but that's the quest. I think of black people in this country by and large in no matter what the endeavor is is that you just want to be recognized for what you do not call the skiing at you do it but because of segregation because it created this need for a separate league that is now what we've gotten but we have it's mindset that this league was somehow inferior to the league that wouldn't let them play and so hopefully now we're helping people understand that there is a kind of equal structure here that this lead the negro leagues really would not take a backseat to any and he's negro leagues created out of segregation hatred racism. But also out of the love of the game that they were born. And that's what reigns supreme about this story and what we talk about it and the context and we share this story at the negro leagues baseball museum. We understand the circumstances that created a need for a negro leagues segregation. Was a horrible chapter in america's history but the story of the negro leagues themselves. There's nothing sorrowful about that story. It is triumphed over that adversity and is based on one. Small simple principle. You won't let me play with you. And i created league amount. That's the spirit that this country hails and somehow the negro leagues in fight that spirit really unlike anything in the annals of american history and that's why so triumphant in nature above bob. I really look forward to learning more of the legends of baseball. That we have not heard all these years and thank you for the work you do all. It is my pleasure. Thanks for having me all right. take care bye. Bye bye bye bob. Kendrick is the president of the negro leagues baseball museum. We.
KNBR The Sports Leader
"kansas city monarchs" Discussed on KNBR The Sports Leader
"And that is that you mentioned the entertainment factor, and I think we can't can't overlook the fact for the kids out there. He's one of the last links we have to the Negro Leagues. Guy came up from the Birmingham Black Baron's Man face Satchel Paige when he was 16 years old. And I mean, so, I mean anybody with that Bob Kendrick on the show multiple times. We're big fans of the Negro League Museum in Kansas City and But I mean, Tom, that needs to be emphasized. And maybe that's where he got some of that flare because it was more they played with more of a flare the Roman ship and then then the major league baseball Without a doubt, there's no question. I'm glad you brought that up because That they can't be lost and how important that is, and you know, back then in the Negro leagues, they were asking people come out there during let's face it, asking people who spend some hard earned money, which they didn't have a lot of. So if you go out to a baseball game, you know if you wanted to see the Yankees, I mean, the Yankee 10 strikes were enough that Yankee Stadium was enough to draw people Negro leagues. They needed to drop people because of the style of the play. It had to be entertaining so well. He was a teenager fresh out of high school, Actually, not even At a high school quite yet when he started playing with the barons, and that's how he learned how to play the game that you play it well, but you also play it in an entertaining fashion. And there's no doubt that Willie and his generation who did come out of the Negro leagues influence Major League baseball for the better. It opened up the game to a diversity of style diversity of skin color. That's a debt of gratitude. We all Oh, and I hope we never lose that threat because it is an entertaining game because of that great stuff, Tom. You are great historian of the game, and I'm glad you wrote this piece, and I hope people see it and you see some just incredible visual visuals to go along with the words too. So Thanks for coming on the Murphy Max show and congrats on that piece is really cool. Thanks, Tom. Thank you. It was a pleasure guys. Various topper, Do she, Willie Mays at 90 Say he faced Satchel Paige when he was 16 that story, the story that Bob Kendrick told us So Bob Kendrick. So Bob Kendrick. I just started worth repeating. They told it on the air before moving here feeding. I do so this was really cool. I gotta shout out Dad in our town in Mill Valley named Peter Goldmark Erhu said. Why don't we bring Negro League teams to these kids and teach them? The history of the game, and I was like, damn gold marker. No, he did. And he said, I'm I'm ordering uniforms for the gray homestead grays and the Kansas City Monarchs was like, OK, and he did. And he got these kids who just have kids of never wanted for anything in their life. God, the most privileged bubble in the history of the world, right? And they're like, What the hell's this? You know whether what is this, and then you teach them And then they learn in gold. Peter had the great idea goes well, why stop here Because why don't we have, he said you've been telling me about this Negro League Museum. I've never been. I said, Well, it's amazing. He is. Well, let's let's have somebody fly out from there. Does. That guy is gold marker available to work here can be our to run some of our events. I'm just asking the way he's getting stuff done Over here. Story flew Bob Kendrick out from Kansas City, and he remembers you put him up in downtown Mill Valley. He had that great line. Could Bob comes from, you know, Bob comes from barbecue. Are you saying downtime of beautiful Valley in Poly right next to the old sweet water in the old newspaper water, but it's beautiful. It's where we had my mom and Dad's 50th Anniversary party. Beautiful spot anyway. Her father goes down. You just want to get a cup of coffee. He's not an equal people ordering their triple mocha frog. You know what I mean? They're in there clomping around their bike cleats and all that spandex. Oy, Lottie was one of the listen to a ball game and get a cup of coffee in the morning. You know what I mean? So and then regular coffee to two stories, and that one is that then he wanted to play golf at the Olympic Club, and we couldn't do it. Cause was a Monday in the club is closed. I took him out to Mill Valley Beauty. You know, I was like I felt when it's really, really the third hole. You gotta walk up this steep hill. We got to the top. And he says Who? His man, Brian. All this milk this healthy mill valley living is gonna kill me. Nice what he said. I had a great line. But anyway, he then he spoke at old Mill School. Our beautiful little school in town at the auditorium on a Saturday afternoon. He did a speech to the whole. Town we got we packed the place but 300 people in there and he told the story, So when he flew out, I pick him up. The airport was the morning Jim Davenport was having they were having the funeral for Jim Davenport, Oracle Park and 18 T Park. And I knew that Willie was going to be there and Barry Bonds gonna be there. He wanted to talk to Willie and Barry about the Negro League Museum and get them involved and get them back in. He always wanted to get some face time with them. So I said, Well, we think so. I told Mario Elliot, is it okay? If I bring Bob Kendrick to this thing? It was a private affairs only like 50 people there because what do you mean? Is it okay? Of course. Bring Bob Kendrick. You know, so we went really spoke very spoke anyway. Then we had this, Mario said. I'll get you a private audience with Bob because they kind of ushered Willy out of the room. We did it on the club level. And we and so Mario that gives us the high sign we go on the elevator down to the You know the area where you enter by the back parking lot by left behind left field so well. He was in a golf cart there waiting. And Bob Kendrick and I walked out and and Willie remembered Bob from a previous meeting. And Bob was like, you know, here's a Birmingham black baron. Yeah, and they just start talking and talk. And I'm just sitting there, man, I just got there and then They start talking old names. This guy, that guy, this guy Satchel comes up that satchel baby because I never get first time I faced Satchel. He's out 16 years old. First time I come out. The first pitch is so hit a double in the gala cheese. Good Lord. So next time I come up and essentially looks at me and he just looked at me, Nagy. He throws a fastball right past me. Strike one. Fastball right past You. Strike two fastball right past me. Strike three and he says Now go sit down, little boy. Classic classic man. Now go Sit down, little boy. Awesome. Uh, s O Satchel took him lightly the first time and tried the second time. Do we think Satchel was their great question? Well, that was pretty 47 7 1947 48. So so he was probably the warty or something with me for the love of God knows there's no pitch count on Satchel Paige. Just you wanna get real mad? Real quick about something with Willie? We were looking at his baseball reference pages for duties. Talking about it. You get lost on that thing. You just did. What? He did it again. He would've passed. Ruth had it not been for 52 53. But we're looking at this. How about this Hall of Fame votes? 409 at a 4 32, who wasn't putting Mazing the whole can't vote for what we're doing is not completely a lot of flaws. Maybe next year will be asked Amazing voters from Master Ross Homestead.
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"Miami Marlins general manager Kim Hang made history as the first woman and the first Asian American general manager. Major League Baseball. And shattered one of the few glass ceilings that exist in major league baseball for women. She stands on the shoulders of another woman named F A Manly who 85 years ago, triumphed as a baseball executive and became the first and only woman to envy inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. A new book called Baseball's Leading Lady. F. A Manly and the Rise and Fall of the Negro Leagues. Author Andrea Williams tells the remarkable story of F A Manly, the owner and co manager of the Newark Eagles, a team she cultivated into a powerhouse. She also explores manly civil rights activism and the history of American baseball. Andrea Welcome to all of it. Hi. How are you? Good. So let's start with the fact that you are not only a baseball fan, you have worked professionally around the sport. The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum know when you first heard about the life and learned about the career of F A manly What jumped out at you? What leapt out at you about her career. Yeah, I think the first thing was just that she had done. It was really just what she was able to accomplish in the thirties and forties. I started working active you them in the summer of 2004. I had just graduated with the sport management degree and By myself, working in a front office on myself, ultimately becoming a general manager of a major league baseball team. I wanted to work at a small market club and, you know, I had my own Moneyball aspirations. But at the time there was no one you know you mentioned in the intro Kim and what? Just becoming the first last year And so, you know, I would always say that. You know, I wanted to be the first but I really thought that Kim would beat me. Um And I don't know. I mean, I do know why it took so long One, but yes, see, Seen F um and what she accomplished back then was was really eye opening because a We didn't really know about it. You know, I just got my job at the museum and Up. Kendrick, who is the president now was giving me a cooler and, you know, I saw her picture in the corner and started asking questions and researching and reading and doing all the things and, Yeah, it was. It was remarkable because she had been owners, um, female owner his team before that they're you know, have been owners and Major League baseball and in the Negro leagues, but she Didn't just only team husband. She really handle the day to day did all the player contracts and negotiations or the equipment and manage the books and did all of the things that a general manager does. And she gave it back there. Open the book with a scene for the 1946 Negro World, Syriza and F Family's team. The North Eagles play and beat the Kansas City Monarchs. Why was this such a pivotal moment in her career and in baseball history? Yeah, it was. It was pivotal because of me. I'm sure I don't think she had. Why? No, she didn't have any. You know, she wasn't a little girl thinking of owning and operating a professional baseball team one day, but everything that she did. She did it to the degree. So if she's in based on now she wants to live. No, it matter that she, you know, Matter of fact celibate like she. She's been struggling. All this part 200 steam, You know, having having a professional team hard anyway, But doing it in black baseball was that much harder. You know, Budgets were tight, You know, they didn't. They didn't have their own stadium, very few black owners on their own stadium, so they were giving up. Hefty portion of gate receipts every single game to the white teams that they rented stadium space from so everything was always such a struggle. And so it was finally like, yes, this is this is what it was all for. It also missed it. Now, when you're the top team, right gate receipts go up because now people want to come see the best of the best to play in that team. Hurt. Here We really go goes on it. Larry Doby, who became the first black player in the American League following Jackie, who was first in the nationally he was on that team, one of efforts players Oh, yeah, It is a big deal. You know, Now that we see that, um Major League Baseball is element you know, has elevated the status of the peace Negro League players. You know that All of those guys were doing it on a professional level, and they were champions. My guess is Andrea Williams. They've her book is baseball's leading lady F A manly and the rise and fall of the Negro leaves. So in a little back background on efforts was born in Philadelphia, 18 97, and if you Google her her heritage has been debated for some time. Of and you write in your book that, according to US census records, her mother had at least some black heritage. And she and her mom and her half siblings lived his black Americans. She finds out later that her father Is white as the result of a relationship or affair, I guess how did she live in the world? And what impact did this have on the way she became involved in baseball and worked and lived in baseball. Yeah, As for definitely, um, you know, she took advantage of her fair complexion when she could when she needed to know she didn't interview later in life and talked about how you know if she was traveling alone, she would say in a white hotel or either the white only restaurant. Um, but I think that really that privilege is what enabled her to come back to Negro League baseball and say to it is boardroom in the In the conference is for the Negro National League. When she's surrounded by all of these black men and saying, OK, this is what we need to do..
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"Aaron hit two Go past Babe Ruth with number 715. He went out to hit 40 more home runs before his career was over, and that it's 7 55. And then you heard from the great Larry King, who passed away this weekend at the age of 87, a very funny back and forth, which Seinfeld We're thinking about doing a day for both of those gentlemen later on in the week, But we start with that. The passing of two legends baseball great Hank Aaron and I guess interview slash news Great. Worry King with that, said Bernard McGurk. Good morning, said Rosenberg. It's not beautiful morning for either of those gentlemen, though they did. They did live. Great lives. I have to tell you about Hank. You know, I know he had a rough time earlier, Not only on almost about his whole career. Well, let me just say this. I saw him. Uh, I believe it was just before the pandemic I saw interviewed. By a rod in the ESPN Boof and he seemed like a very happy man. He was a very happy guy. He was a very nice guy. But don't confuse the issue. When he hit that home run to go past Babe Ruth and 1974. You would think that was a celebratory moment for Hank Aaron. He received more death threats. And I know you say everybody gets that threats. They will let you know. I know it was. It was awful. So so, yes, he had a nice life in the end, and he was a very It was a gracious man of Very nice man, but it was not easy he was not able to enjoy. And I said this morning to Frank. That's part of my frustration with the modern day athletes. When LeBron James wins championships, he's beloved. He's revered black people, white people, There's a million's and millions of little white kids walk around wearing LeBron James jerseys. Whether it's Cleveland, Miami or the Lakers. Hank Aaron never really enjoyed that type of thing. So to me, it's kind of a bitter sweet deal for Hank, and he came into the league very shortly after Jackie Robinson broke the barriers, so he actually started Hank out. Glad you mentioned that in the Negro leagues. Yes, he did so short stay. There was one team called the Wolves at the Cleveland clowns or something like that, that he started. Yes, he was a Cleveland guy. In fact, why Firestone is gonna tell us a story later on about how we used to go to Cleveland Brown games. Sit there on the stands with really like a mask on so people didn't recognize him. He never asked for a free ticket. He never asked to sit in the box or VIPs treatment. He went like a member of the dog pound because that's how he was and went to Cleveland games if you watch the Chiefs and Bill's last night in Kansas City, They would Arrowhead Stadium and in Kansas City. I should say they have a museum for the Negro Leagues. The Kansas City Monarchs was a very popular baseball team in those leagues, and that is where Henry started very short time. And then, of course, Had that brilliant career with the Braves and the Brewers. Let me correctly, it was it was the Indianapolis Clown. Yeah, but then the Braves right and the minor league system and he just what we talked about last week with the former Yankees player. Roy White, Ivory White, I'm not with the King Day he went through the same crap saint in the south. And even worse because again, he was breaking records set by legendary God like white men like Babe Ruth, and nobody wanted that. Nobody wanted that. So he had them with 7 55. Of course, he's not the home run King. Statistically that belongs to Barry Bonds. He ended with 762 7 more than Hank Aaron. But the old time pants, a traditional baseball fans. They consider Hank Aaron, the home run king to this day, because Barry Bonds you steroids that that's a big argument. Of course, we all know that Barry Bonds went from looking like Oracle to the rock. Overnight and so Yeah, I know. I know you're going to say, Look it technically, stories doesn't help you. I hand eye coordination hit the ball. I did say that, but it doesn't make you more powerful. It does I like I said. This morning, you go from warning track power to home run power, evidenced by Brady Anderson, a former Baltimore Oriole player that never hit home runs and hit 50 in one season. When he came back into camp looking three times bigger than he was the year before. So it does. And that's why Barry Bonds is not in the Hall of Fame. Correct. So I would say I would. I would agree with the traditionalists that really Hank Aaron holds the title. You were thinking our guy I actually saw Hank Aaron hit a home run in Shea Stadium. Is that the early seventies? I swear to God Never never forget it. Never forget it. Wow. In the early seventies, I was there. And I saw him hit a home run. I was staying. I was actually standing when he hit it. And it was before he broke the record, but nevertheless, he was on track to beat the record s so it's something that stuck in my head all these years. That is huge. He was a member, and we'll move off this here of the first trio ever. Hit 40 home runs on the same team. I think Colorado's done it since maybe others there were three members of the same Atlanta brave team to hit 40 plus home runs in the same season. They were the first to do it. It was Darrell Evans. It was Hank Aaron, and it was the former manager of the New York Mets. Davey Johnson. Well, there you have it. Davey Johnson also made the very last out in the 1969 World Series when he flew out to center field when the Mets beat the Baltimore Orioles to win it..
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"In Los Angeles weeks after it was revealed he was battling covert 19. He was 87. His career spanned six decades in television, radio and digital media. He hosted Larry King Live on CNN from 1985 through 2010, the Centers for Disease Control reports the largest single day increase of administered Corona virus vaccines to date, the agency says At least 1.6 million shots were given out on Friday, bringing the total to more than 19 million doses. That's nearly half of what's been distributed around the U. S. This week's number of shots given is also 22% higher compared to last week. I'm at Madison, New York State is running out of vaccine doses. Scott Pringle has the story. Governor Cuomo says 97% of the state's vaccine supply has been used. The weak 1 to 5 allocation will be exhausted. By the end of the day, more than a quarter million doses are arriving. But Cuomo says it's not enough to keep pace. Meanwhile, the positivity rate continues to drop. Now Sitting at 5.6% good news is we're seeing the hospitalizations decrease over these past couple of days. Significant decrease, the Cuomo warns. That could change with the UK Varian spreading Now 25 known cases in New York with new cases popping up in Westchester in Brooklyn. The Texas Supreme Court paves the way for several lawsuits against conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, who claimed the sandy hook school shooting was a hoax. Bill Ogden represents families of the victims. It's a tough case, when when we pull back and realize what actually happened there and what they've had to live with. What they still have to live with the court throughout Jones argument, he is protected by the constitutional right of free speech. I'm Cameron Fairchild. Civilians have been killed in the latest Israeli air strike on Syria. Syria's state media says at least four civilians were killed, including two Children and an Israeli airstrike in central Syria. Officials said Most of the missiles fired by Israeli war planes were shot down, but some did get through. It's the latest in a series of strike in which Israel reportedly is targeting Iranian based operations in Syria. Israel has yet to comment. I'm Bill's in for former Trump campaign manager and adviser Kellyanne Conway is under investigation over domestic issues with her daughter, Claudia. The 16 Year old has caused a stir online in recent months, whether criticism of her mom's old boss Recently posted a tic tac video of Kellyanne Conway, speaking with police conversation was about Claudia. Her mom told officers. The team was going through a tough time. TMZ reports. Police were there for a welfare check after someone saw another tic tac video of Kelly and screaming at her daughter, Michael Kastner, The master tenet of the so called Ghost Ship Warehouse in California pleads guilty 2 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter. Derek Amina is expected to be sentenced to 12 years in prison for his role in the Oakland warehouse fire that killed 36. People in 2016. Amina was already free on bail after three years in jail with good behavior. It's unlikely he'll be spending any more time behind bars. I'm Lisa Taylor 56 years after the Negro leagues, Kansas City team disbanded. The Kansas City Monarchs will again play baseball in 2021. Tom Roberts has the story. The Kansas City T bones of the Independent American Association, his partnering with the Negro Leagues Museum to rename the team the Monarchs. Museum officials say the partnership celebrates the city's rich baseball heritage and helps to educate the public about the Negro Leagues. History. Monarchs were the oldest Negro League team founded in 1920 Times, Cameron Fairchild. And I'm Susanna Palmer in the Bloomberg newsroom As panic induced remote work stretches into an 11th month. Manhattan's Collateral Damage is growing. New York's financial firms are taking note and saying they will help with distribution. We're hearing Goldman Sachs Group, JP Morgan Chase, Citigroup and K K R were among a few dozen companies that got on a call this week with the state's vaccinations are Larry Schwartz. Some of the firm's said they can provide distribution and logistics and could help persuade the Biden administration.
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"Latest when you need it on demand from Fox News and Amazon, Alexa Washington State man accused of a Corona virus vaccine scam is under arrest. Federal prosecutors say Johnny Stein trying to pass himself off as a bio tech expert Claiming to be the founder and president of North Coast biologics as early as March. Stein is accused of posting offers on social media to inject customers with a covert vaccine for a charge of 400 to $1000. This despite the fact he received a cease and desist decree from the state attorney general U. S Attorney Brian Moran says Stein was injecting people with an unknown substance, claiming it was a vaccine. Hamburg. ADI Fox News investigators are trying to determine what caused the National Guard helicopter to crash Wednesday night in upstate New York, killing the three guard members on board. The Monroe County Sheriff's Office quickly moved to secure the crash site for Army investigators. We've applied several resource is to this effort. Our patrol deputies or supervisors, Air Command staff all hands on deck for this, chief Deputy, Michael Fowler says area residents paid tribute to the fallen troops as their remains were escorted to the medical examiner's office. They came out of their homes. They stood on the side of the road. With flags. Saluting Steve Rapoport. Fox News, I says, claiming responsibility for the twin Baghdad bombings that killed at least 32 people on Thursday on the baseball team from the past that produced Legends of the game is making a comeback. The Kansas City T Bones and independent baseball team. The American Association is bringing back a historical moniker, changing their name to the Kansas City Monarchs to pay tribute to the iconic Negro Leagues Ball Club. Negro Leagues Baseball Museum signed a licensing agreement with the owners of the minor league team to honor the original Monarchs, who won the first Negro League World Series. Back in 1924. Matt Napolitano, Fox News And I'm Carmen Roberts. And this is Fox News. The mission of Paralyzed Veterans of.
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"AP News I'm Ed Donahue, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell says Joe Biden's presidency is getting off to a rough start. There's still plenty of time for President Biden to remember that he does not owe his election. The far left. McConnell is talking about Biden's executive orders getting back to the Paris climate accord and changes to immigration president can and should refocus his administration on creating good paying American jobs. Not sacrificing our people's livelihoods. Liberal symbolism. Later today, President Biden will go into detail about his coronavirus strategy. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer says it will be something different. What a concept. President who actually takes the defining crisis of our time seriously. President Biden has one Cabinet member in place. Several Haynes, director of national intelligence, There's a Senate confirmation hearing for Transportation secretary nominee Pete Boo digits so much is at stake today and so much is possible as our country works to emerge from the crises of this moment. With bipartisan appetite for a generational opportunity to transform and improve America's infrastructure. A federal judge is releasing a Pennsylvania woman while she faces charges she helped steal a laptop from the office of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi during the attack on the Capitol. Pelosi has not sent the article of impeachment against former President Trump to the Senate yet. She's not buying the argument from Republicans that this hurts unity. I don't think it's very unifying to say Let's just forget it and move on. That's not how you unify a U. S official says the Biden administration will seek a five year extension of a nuclear arms treaty with Russia. The Memphis Grizzlies are the latest MBA team that will have a Corona virus related extended break after the league announced their next three games will be postponed. Stocks are drifting near record highs. This is AP News We have a Powerball winner, but we may never know who it is. The winning Powerball ticket worth $731 million was sold at Coney Market in Lona Koning, Maryland. The Maryland Lottery says the Allegheny County store will receive a $100,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket to the fifth largest lottery prize in U. S history. However, just who will collect the money may never be known. Maryland allows winners to remain anonymous and even larger mega millions jackpot will be available Friday night. No one won the $970 million prize earlier this week. I'm Mike help in the Kansas City T bones of the Independent American Association are being renamed the Kansas City Monarchs after the team that played in baseball's Negro leagues. The original monarchs were founded in 1924 and one the first Negro League World. Syriza's Monarchs played until 1965 Ed Donahue, AP News President Biden's first moves after taking office or drawing GOP criticism made his calls for national unity. Newly installed Senate chief Chuck Schumer says the nation's opened a new chapter. Our new president and this new Senate commenced the work of rebuilding our country. The president yesterday, signing orders reversing Trump Action on immigration, climate change and the XL pipeline. Among other things. In the Senate, it took several big steps. In the wrong direction and the house. These are the wrong priorities at the wrong time. GOP leaders Mitch McConnell and Kevin McCarthy say the Biden administration apparently decided its first priority was to hurt American workers. Both say Democrats do not have a sweeping mandate for liberal change, even with control of both chambers and the White House. Soccer Megane Washington Newly installed Senate chief Chuck Schumer says the nation's opened a new chapter. Our new president. This new Senate commenced the work of rebuilding our country. The president yesterday signing orders reversing Trump Action on immigration, climate change and the XL pipeline, among other things in the Senate, it took several big steps in the wrong direction and the House. These are the wrong priorities at the wrong time. GOP leaders Mitch McConnell and Kevin McCarthy say the Biden administration apparently decided its first priority was to hurt American workers. Both say Democrats do not have a sweeping mandate for liberal change, even with control of both chambers and the White House soccer Megane Washington Thank.
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"Today this is america sports talk show sports byline usa. Here's ron howard has joined us here on sports byline. Usa tell me a little bit. About what your thoughts were. When finally jackie robinson was picked to be The african american to come in and integrate baseball so we made it as a youngster And and a lot of other people were stymied laws. You know when your child you see on thinking that job when you go and take a little different things a little differently. And as i begin to dialogue more with older people older ball players particular off when the dodgers signed. Jackie robinson there were eighteen months in america in eighteen internationally. Twenty five man roster if you put the pencil that you got four hundred measly players one jackie robinson sign you the one jackie robinson divide four hundred and to him to get the percentage of people that come up with a multipurpose zero point two five to the inside of black baseball. Say hey a bunch of cracks. No integration chris. Now let's talk about dr j. b. martin who you probably never thought to gb martin on the chicago mercantile and was president of the negro american. The martin wanted to do the following. He wanted to take the the sixteenth. I'm sorry in nikola martling. And lastly and consolidate into eight teams and expansion basis place four in the american league for internationally. We played baseball. Now look at these numbers how we had the four hundred but now you've got to additional more for the totality but that too is not divided into one two hundred. That's six divided into two to three percents and that would eliminated. Why did all the players all would be compensated for the players that they developed now as an example kansas city. Monarchs jail wilkinson. Tom bears white owners did not receive one thing about the new ridiculous. Not see one penny for new. That was Eight and that's part of the home state grace. Who's a sunday man jackson and Coming in total grace. They didn't get one penny for johnny right. Generate was the first player sign. First pitch aside from the negro league shortly after obscenely like three or four months after robinson signing so this is no nobody they just took the pairs something niggly and the bad part about it The blackley actually brought baseball back up c. Three things almost killed baseball. This country won't black sox scandal one or two and the other was that that Shutdown we had about ten twelve years ago. What the blacks didn't as much as i should have gotten out of it but just taking woman and then siphoning off was alternately destroyed. The league when jackie was Was picked and do you think he was the right. Pick to be the first player to integrate baseball. And in fact it was no question about it but i was on other program that long ago with some only jackie was one of many others and he just couldn't believe what i was saying. I see what you had damage and so this way damaging what the what the losing of. Yes and bank it. And all these degrees sw tommy thompson with the the dummy have black bands. Yes the sandwiches with all the it was all sorts of both doesn't italy. And most people just mentioned had more esteemed into black the heathen robinson here but now let me factor this in the making share knowing that will about four weeks four months. I'm sorry about four months. April may june july august and the middle east and these guys are years in fact. Most of the players in an era wanted if they were going to integrate on the radio when most of the things we look into it. As i yeah i was just going to ask you about how the players that were in the negro leagues once. The announcement was made once. Jackie got into a dodger uniform. How did they overall feel today. Feel it was tokenism or did they feel. It was going to be the opening of the door for others. They sent me do some thinking. It was a work a lot of work and a lot of crazy about it. So that's that's all pro life. We're not all alike all monolithic. So that's the big play robinson's player and a great person key and he is one of those like bail who've the by they can buddies just a first jim. You know one of the things that was worrisome at least for branch rickey and others needed a lot of research on on. Jackie was You know he was somebody that if you said something to him you know and it wasn't appropriate that he would respond very fiery and that was what what branch had said to him. You can't respond to the things that in the slurs that you're going to hear and Put that into perspective for me as somebody that knew. Jackie robinson did. I didn't know. I just as a child. I just saw him in fact Well when i mean what. I mean by that. Is that but you know talking with other players that had played with him in that all. That's what i'm talking about. He i'll take her seal team soon. Jackie show stop heels Everybody has had nothing but positive thing about it. He's they didn't bother. Nobody was quiet. They didn't participate in the foolishness. He didn't drink. he didn't just a straight out. Gentlemen way around and say i. I haven't seen by say say anything disparity with just a just a great guy. I saw the players concerned. very recently. Involved i was asked about how you feel about.
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MLB reclassifies Negro Leagues as major league
"It means stats and records of thirty four hundred black players will count in the major leagues the Negro league started to dissolve a year after Jackie Robinson became MLB's first black player with the Brooklyn Dodgers in nineteen forty seven the late Buck o'neil played for the Kansas city monarchs he told the AP in two thousand five about Negro league exhibition games with Major League white players and the extra motivation we stress that single and a double man that double into a triple we stole home now o'neill and other players are considered major leaguers we dad in Europe fighting prejudice aha will walk to and we come back home and we segregated it wouldn't pass the Negro leagues were founded one hundred years ago I'm a Donahue
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Jackie Robinson Integrates Baseball
"On April Fifteenth Nineteen forty seven when Jackie, Robinson, walked onto the field for the Brooklyn dodgers he broke Major League Baseball's color line forever changing the sport. And Race. Relations in America. Jackie Robinson was an extraordinary athlete lettering in four Varsity sports at UCLA. Doing more to, he was drafted into the army who was court martialled after refusing to move to the back of a segregated military bus Robinson fought his case he was acquitted then honorably discharged. So. He always had a sense of fairness always had a sense of racial justice and social justice. Nineteen forty-five because the major leagues remained segregated Robinson joined the Negro Leagues and played for the Kansas City monarchs. Meanwhile, sports writers from African American newspapers were pressuring the major leagues to integrate. Branch Rickey. General Manager of the Brooklyn. Dodgers decided he'd act and began a search for the perfect prospect. Robinson's college education and his ability to endure the racists attacks that inevitably would ensue convince Rickie. It was Robinson who was the ideal candidate to become the first African American. Major. League player. Ricky sign. Robinson to the Brooklyn dodgers in nineteen forty seven. Despite racist abuse from opposing teams and Taunting by the Crowds Robinson manage to focus on the game. But the cost was high. He suffered indignities because of a commitment not to fight back. Gradually. He build a fan base excelled on the field and then was named rookie of the year. Even. Naysayers couldn't deny his outstanding talent as he led the Brooklyn dodgers to their first and only World Series Championship. When he retired Robinson turned his attention to the civil rights movement. He's a frontline participant mending his prestige, his presence to these causes for civil rights. He supported protests in Alabama, attended the march on Washington and was one of the NWEA CP's biggest fundraisers. Yet Robinson Saul civil rights as more than a political movement. He engages in business and entrepreneurial activities. It speaks to his multifaceted approach new away with Jim Crow create opportunities five Americans. By breaking the color line America's favorite pastime Jackie Robinson Open the door for integration far beyond the baseball field.