Negro Leagues Black History Month

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https://www.mlb.com/news/leon-day-no-hitter-opening-day-1946
Looking back on Leon Day's Opening Day no-no.
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The 1946 Homestead Grays From left to right- Sam Bankhead, Josh Gibson, Buck Leonard, Dave Hoskins and Jerry Benjamin.
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Satchel Paige, and Goose Tatum of the Harlem Globetrotters, former teammates in Negro League Baseball catch up on old times, 1952.
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Willie Mays played for the Birmingham Black Barons in the Negro Leagues, beginning in 1947 as a part-time player so he could finish high school.
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February 27, 2006: Effa Manley is the first woman to be enshrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame.
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Jazz legend Louis Armstrong's Secret "9" Baseball Team of New Orleans, Louisiana - 1931 (edit/color by BSmile) #NOLA #MardiGras #FatTuesday
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Josh Gibson playing in Venezuela, 1940.
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Oscar Charleston with the Homestead Grays, 1931.
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1941 Homestead Grays at Forbes Field.
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The Negro Leagues East-West Classic All-Star game was played each year between 1933-62, with 2 games played in several seasons. Did you know that in the 1930's & 40's, there were North-South All-Star games as well? And a Latin All-Star game in 1963?
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Most Career Wins Negro Leagues.
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Hilldale was one of the most successful Black baseball clubs in the early Negro Leagues. They were based in Darby, PA, 5 miles SW of Philadelphia. Here's a behind-the-scenes history of the club.
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https://sabr.org/bioproj/topic/hilldale-daisies-team-ownership-history/

 

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1939 Negro League East-West All Star Game.

Standing: Buck Leonard, Willie Wells, Fernandes, Sammy Hughes, George Scales, Mules Suttles, Pat Patterson, Josh Gibson, Bill Wright, Roy Partlow.

Kneeling: Bill Byrd, Leon Day, Bill Holland, Condo Lopez, Goose Curry, Red Parnell.
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NEGRO LEAGUES VINTAGE BOBBLEHEADS.

 

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Roy Campanella, Larry Doby, Don Newcombe, and Jackie Robinson at Ebbets Field, where they became the first African Americans to take part in the All-Star Game, 1949.
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May 1, 1884: In American Association action, Toledo Blue Stockings catcher Moses Fleetwood Walker becomes the first black to play in the major leagues during a game against the Louisville Eclipse team.
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Satchel Paige and Josh Gibson during the 1942 Negro Legue World Series.
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May 11, 1941: Legendary pitcher Satchel Paige warms up for the New York Black Yankees before a Negro National League game at Yankee Stadium! Fellow pitching legend Grover Cleveland Alexander observes from the mound!
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June 9, 1982: Leroy 'Satchel' Paige passed away in Kansas City a month shy of 76. Seen here w/our restoration & color warming-up for the 1942 Kansas City Monarchs @yankeestadium, the #HOF RHP is widely considered one of the greatest pitchers of all time.
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https://www.hamtramckstadium.org/rededication
REDEDICATION OF HAMTRAMCK STADIUM.
Friends of Historic Hamtramck Stadium

THE DAY WE HAVE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR! The rededication of Historic Hamtramck Stadium will be Monday, June 20 at 1pm.
The rededication will be followed immediately by a Juneteenth Negro Leagues Tribute Game Honoring Coach Ron Teasley at 2 pm.