A version of this story previously appeared on MiLB.com. We present it here as Minor League Baseball and Major League Baseball celebrate Black History Month. He was well past his prime by the time he got a chance in integrated ball, but Sam Jethroe didn't waste a minute once he

Versions of this story previously appeared on MiLB.com. We present it here as Minor League Baseball and Major League Baseball celebrate Black History Month. As a member of the Newark Eagles in 1937, Ray Dandridge was part of what was known as the "Million Dollar Infield." Had he come into

A version of this story appeared on MiLB.com in 2021. We present it here, with updates, as MiLB and MLB celebrate Black History Month. It's easy to forget that less than 20 years separated Jackie Robinson's integration of affiliated baseball in 1946 and Dick Allen's Triple-A debut in 1963. Between

ATLANTA -- Hank Aaron’s widow Billye Aaron was at Atlanta’s Booker T. Washington High School on Wednesday to help the Braves further honor her late husband with the implementation of a new turf infield on the baseball field and the construction of a new softball field. “There’s nothing more I

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SALEM, Mass. – Melany Vasquez didn’t know much about Jackie Robinson. The eighth grader at Collins Middle School in Salem, Mass., had heard his name, knew he was a famous baseball player, knew he was important, but not much else. She wasn’t alone. “I'm more of a basketball guy,” said

KANSAS CITY – In a move that has become tradition and a large success throughout the community, the Kansas City Royals Foundation will once again sponsor free admission to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum for the entire month of February. This is the fifth consecutive year the Royals have covered

DENVER -- When the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame inducts its 2025 class at its 60th annual banquet on April 9 at the Hilton Denver City Center, most fans and even sports experts will celebrate many household names. But one new inductee -- Theodore “Bubbles” Anderson -- is a name

As we peruse the newly published data that can colloquially be considered “Version 2.0” of MLB’s official Negro Leagues records, let’s heed the words and wisdom of Larry Lester. For more than 30 years now, Lester, a member of MLB’s Negro League Statistical Review Committee, has been researching Black baseball

TEMPE, Ariz. -- Marquis Grissom enjoyed the kind of playing career in Major League Baseball that most kids only dream of. He won the 1995 World Series with the Braves, took home four straight Gold Glove Awards from 1993-96, made a couple All-Star teams and spent 17 seasons playing at

Nicknamed “baseball’s most hoppinest team” by the local newspaper coverage at the time, the Fredericksburg Frogs were one of the Chesapeake Bay area’s more successful teams in the 1920s, standing out amid a long lineage of segregated Black teams that played in downtown Fredericksburg, Virginia, between the 1880s and 1940s.

Satchel Paige was 59 years old – or something close to it – when he walked off a Major League mound for the last time. Pitching for the Kansas City A’s on Sept. 25, 1965, the legendary Negro Leagues star who had hurled countless thousands of innings across a career

JUPITER, Fla. – If you can see it, you can be it. This adage rings true for Marlins switch-hitting shortstop Xavier Edwards, who always considered pursuing a baseball career to be in the realm of possibility.

The Little Rock Nine sounds like it could be the name of a baseball team playing in Arkansas' capital city, and for three nights during the 2025 season, it will be. The story behind the name transcends baseball, however. From Aug. 21-23, the Arkansas Travelers -- Seattle's Double-A affiliate --

Many years ago, Astros radio play-by-play broadcaster Robert Ford penned an essay about his father, Robert “Rocky” Ford Jr., whose decorated career included two distinct acts. He started off as a music writer for Billboard Magazine, and years later, he became a producer for some of the biggest names in

In 2007, former pitcher Jim “Mudcat” Grant published a book that was part memoir, part baseball history, coining a term and founding a club in the process. “The Black Aces: Baseball’s Only African-American Twenty-Game Winners” recounts Grant’s upbringing in Lacoochee, Fla., before looking back at notable pitchers in the Negro

In a career that dates back to the 1970s, Ivan Nahem has written and performed music that defies convention. The vocalist and drummer has been a part of the proto-punk, post-punk, art rock and hardcore scenes in San Francisco and New York. His longest-running band, Ritual Tension, an experimental rock

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A version of this story originally appeared on MiLB.com in 2010. We present it here once more as Minor League Baseball celebrates Black History Month with stories of Black baseball pioneers.

A version of this story originally appeared on MiLB.com in 2006. We present it here once more as Minor League Baseball celebrates Black History Month with stories of Black baseball pioneers.

A version of this story originally appeared on MiLB.com in 2006. We present it here once more as Minor League Baseball celebrates Black History Month with stories of Black baseball pioneers.

A version of this story originally appeared on MiLB.com in 2006. We present it here once more as Minor League Baseball celebrates Black History Month with stories of Black baseball pioneers.

A version of this story originally appeared on MiLB.com in 2018. We present it here once more as Minor League Baseball celebrates Black History Month with stories of Black baseball pioneers.

A version of this story originally appeared on MiLB.com in 2008. We present it here once more as Minor League Baseball celebrates Black History Month with stories of Black baseball pioneers.

A version of this story previously appeared on MiLB.com in 2007. We present it again as Minor League Baseball celebrates Black History Month with stories of Black baseball pioneers.