Royals Rundown: Remembering the top 10 years in Kansas City sports history
The following article appeared in the Topeka Capital-Journal on Aug. 31 – you can read it by clicking here. The Kansas City […]
Tag: Negro Leagues
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 […]
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 […]
Family First: O’Neil book recognized the Hairston family
One common theme throughout Joe Posnanski’s The Soul of Baseball is the value Buck O’Neil placed on the relationship between fathers and […]
African-American scouts and coaches were inspired by Buck O’Neil
In The Soul of Baseball, Joe Posnanski retells the romantic tale of how Buck O’Neil discovered and scouted Oscar Gamble in the […]
The Soul of Baseball conjures images of the Kansas City Jazz District
One of the interesting unexpected benefits of my study of Negro League baseball the past several years has been my introduction to […]