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In stunning fashion, one of the few Oscar Charleston Cuban Winter League cards recently sold for $251K at auction.
Detailed stats from her debut behind the plate in Atlanta on Sunday showed she called 93 percent of balls and strikes ...
Padres manager Mike Shildt and Ryan Howard have joined the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum’s Pitch for the Future campaign—supporting a new 30,000 sq. ft. facility in Kansas City.
The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum is fundraising for a new 30,000-square-foot facility and campus, aimed at advancing the museum’s mission of preserving the rich history of Negro Leagues ...
The fictional plot of the movie is a Negro League pitcher, Bingo Long (played by Williams), loosely based on the life of ...
For me, and I believe this wholeheartedly, the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum is one of America’s most important civil rights, social justice institutions. It’s seen through the lens of baseball.
It tells the Negro Leagues' history, introduces Black and Latino players who went on to integrate baseball and pays special tribute to Johnny Ritchey, the Padres’ first Black player.
Celebrate culture, history, and flavor at the 2025 Heart Of America Hot Dog Festival, Presented by The Negro Leagues Baseball ...
Major League Baseball announced on Wednesday that it was elevating seven all-Black baseball leagues — known collectively as the "Negro leagues" — to "Major League" status.
The Negro National League debuted on May 2, 1920. Chicago, including the White Sox, played a role in getting it started, beginning a euphoria for Black baseball.
But with racial integration of Major League Baseball, beginning with Jackie Robinson in 1947, the Negro League teams faced declining popularity and attendance, and they began to fold. Mr. Powell ...