Royals Rundown: Kansas City uniquely qualified for annual Salute to Negro Leagues
The following article appeared in the Topeka Capital-Journal on June 22 – you can read it by clicking here. Perhaps no city […]
Category: Negro Leagues
Before he was a Dodger, Jackie Robinson was a Royal!
Today is Jackie Robinson Day 2019 – the 72nd anniversary of the breaking of the color barrier in Major League Baseball. But […]
Newcombe and other Negro Leaguers played in Japanese major leagues
Don Newcombe, who passed away yesterday, is one of just a few to play in the Negro Leagues, the Major Leagues, and […]
Don Newcombe, inspiration to Obama and King, passes away
A great major league pitcher who got his start in the Negro Leagues, Don Newcombe passed away today. Newcombe was an inspiration […]
Posnanski talk culminates Soul of Baseball community read
Joe Posnanski, author of The Soul of Baseball, spoke to a large crowd at the Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library today, […]
Who was the imposter in The Soul of Baseball?
To a cursory observer, the Negro Leagues can appear shrouded in mystery, an incomplete and romantic collection of legends with just a […]
Nearly the first to integrate the majors, Monte Irvin was dealt a blow by WWII
“The Giants did talk about signing me in 1945. It was right around the same time as Jackie. But I wasn’t ready […]
Here’s why Buck O’Neil isn’t in the Hall of Fame. Who is in?
A dominant theme at the end of Buck O’Neil’s life, and since his death, is his exclusion from the Baseball Hall of […]
The Soul of Baseball: Remembering Negro Leaguers like “Topeka Jack” Johnson
Buck O’Neil, in The Soul of Baseball, attends a funeral for a fellow Negro Leaguer. The topic of death underlies much of […]
Know Why Buck O’Neil Was Called ‘Nancy?’
If you know anything at all about Buck O’Neil, you probably know the following, perhaps in this order: 1) he has a […]