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Jun 25, 20242 min read
Tracking the Sea Lions
On June 20, 2024 the San Francisco Giants and St. Louis Cardinals played at Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Alabama. The Cardinals wore...
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Jun 11, 20242 min read
Newish Book Alert
The Society for American Baseball Research, of which I am a member, has recently added a new book to their digital library. The 1939...
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Sep 16, 20232 min read
Monarchs and Eagles face off in 2023
The Kansas City Royals hosted the Houston Astros tonight wearing throwback uniforms of the 1945 Kansas City Monarchs and the...
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Sep 8, 20234 min read
Black Yankees and Pinstripes
On August 27, 2023, the Somerset Patriots (AA affiliate of the New York Yankees) celebrated the New York Black Yankees. As the Black...
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Nov 11, 20211 min read
Veteran's Day
Oscar Charleston. Otto Briggs. John Donaldson. Heavy Johnson. Dave Malarcher. Spot Poles. Dick Redding. Bullet Rogan. Specks Webster. Jud...
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Nov 9, 20213 min read
Cracking a "Tiny" Atlanta Mystery
It is often said in Negro League research circles that proving a false negative is easier than proving a positive, with respect to...
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Nov 3, 20212 min read
A Second Tiger Tale
Who doesn't love a good sequel? As I've said, this project will be never ending as the topic of Black baseball pre-integration is still...
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Nov 1, 20212 min read
Tale of the Tigers: a Queen City mystery
The Cincinnati Tigers were the first Negro League team I was ever aware of as a child. My father, who grew up just a few blocks from old...
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Oct 31, 20211 min read
The Beginning
The first spark that inspired this project began in a dusty high school library over 15 years ago. Phil Dixon's "The Negro Baseball...
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