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“Negro Leagues 101” History Initiative Starts Friday
Photo: NLBM Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association on Thursday announced a new digital and social media campaign to support ...
Baseball Reference.com Adds Negro Leagues Stats
Photo: Twitter Earlier this year, when Major League Baseball retroactively granted the Negro Leagues “official major league status,” thousands of players (including legendary greats ...
Baseball Great Jim “Mudcat” Grant Passes at 85
Photo: Legacy.com Major League Baseball is mourning the passing of baseball great Jim “Mudcat” Grant, the first Black pitcher to win 20 games in ...
Rennie Stennett MLB World Series Champion Passes Away at 72
Photo: Baseball Hall of Fame Rennie Stennett, who set a Major League record that still stands by going 7-for-7 in a nine-inning game and ...
MLB: What Happened to the African-American Catcher?
Photo: EKU Athletics On March 12, A.J. Lewis’ (above) collegiate baseball career abruptly ended, like a candle snuffed out by a sudden, chilling wind. ...
MLB Still Struggles with Lack of Black Players
Photo: When outfielder Justin Williams landed a spot on the St. Louis Cardinals 25-man opening-day roster, he helped make his team an oddity in ...
Coke, Delta Denounce GA’s Voter Suppression Law—But Support Republicans Who Passed It
Photo: Twitter Some corporations who are belatedly condemning the voter suppression law passed by Georgia Republicans–while they are reportedly busy stuffing money into the ...
Georgia: Major League Baseball Withdraws All-Star Game to Protest Republican Voter Suppression
Photo: Wikimedia Commons Major League Baseball (MLB) added its name to the growing chorus of those opposing the recent Republican voter suppression bill that ...
Major League Baseball “Devastated” by Hank Aaron’s Passing at 86
Photos: Wikimedia Commons Major League Baseball issued the following statement on today’s passing of baseball icon and home-run king Hank Aaron: It is with ...
MLB Can Never Change What it Did to Black Players
Photo: YouTube Major League Baseball recent decision to include the statistics of Negro League Baseball players means great players like Satchel Paige and Josh ...
