Leroy "Satchel" Paige is the first Black pitcher to play in the American League and is known for being one of the greatest pitchers of all time.
A version of this story originally appeared on MiLB.com in 2010. We present it here once more as Minor League Baseball ...
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.
Setting aside interim hires, McLaurin’s Commanders is one of 11 clubs that never employed a full-time head coach who is Black ...
The shrine to some of baseball’s best and previously-forgotten players is getting too big to miss largely out of necessity, and one of baseball’s best storytellers talks about how the ...
Other Negro Leagues renovations include Hamtramck Stadium near Detroit, at $2.6 million in 2022, and J.P. Small Memorial Park Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida, ongoing but thus far costing $9.7 ...
An Associated Press survey of more than 65 Black players from 25 NFL teams found that about 36% were discouraged or disappointed by the number of Black coaches in the league.
he was selected as the Most Valuable Player in the American League. In the process, Ichiro became the latest linchpin in baseball’s link to social change. Although football has long surpassed ...
The Kansas City Royals and the Royals Foundation are sponsoring free admission to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in honor of Black History ... of baseball and American history and be inspired ...
Black History figures everyone should know about For too many years, history books have focused on the achievement of White ...