Articles related to "Negro League Baseball"

The history of the Negro Leagues is even more interesting and complex than the origins of the Major Leagues.

Andrew 'Rube' Foster was a legendary pitcher and a great businessman. He used his arm and his brains to build and maintain the first successful Negro League teams.

Before Jackie Robinson and Hank Aaron played for professional Major League Baseball (MLB) teams, they honed their skills by competing in the Negro Baseball Leagues.

Kansas City is an historic place filled with interesting characters and artifacts...not to mention art, science and just plain fun.

Known for baseball and barbecue, Kansas City delivers also jazz, top-notch restaurants, arts, history, and nightlife, just as you would expect from any world-class city.

For 130 years, the historic Hatch Show Print company in Nashville has helped advertise Southern entertainers, sports teams and politicians in its unique, timeless way.

He did not have a chance to play in the Major League until he was in his forties, but Ole Satch was still able to throw with the best of them.

This article reviews The Unlevel Playing Field: A Documentary History of the African American Experience in Sport, edited by David Wiggins and Patrick Miller.

As baseball approaches the 60th Anniversary of Jackie Robinson's historic debut, the great man's career and life should be celebrated by all baseball fans.