Podcasts about Rube Foster

We welcome to our microphones award-winning author, cultural critic and Washington University in St. Louis professor Gerald Early, whose new book "Play Harder: The Triumph of Black Baseball in America" is a sweeping chronicle of Black Americans' extraordinary influence on the game of baseball — from the sport's formative days in the wake of the Civil War, through the heyday of the Negro Leagues, to the modern era. A leading voice in the conversation about race, sports, and American identity, Early also served as an advisor to the National Baseball Hall of Fame's landmark new exhibit, Souls of the Game: Voices of Black Baseball. Together, the book and exhibit offer a timely and powerful retelling of baseball's past — one that acknowledges long-overlooked figures like Moses Fleetwood Walker, Rube Foster, and Cool Papa Bell, and reexamines well-known legends like Jackie Robinson, Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, and Barry Bonds through a deeper historical lens. We discuss how Play Harder arrives at a moment of renewed focus on the Negro Leagues, as Major League Baseball officially recognizes them as major leagues and integrates their stats into the game's official record.  Early explains why this recognition matters, how the Negro Leagues shaped Black identity and community, and what the story of Black baseball says about America itself. + + +   SUPPORT THE SHOW: Buy Us a Coffee: https://ko-fi.com/goodseatsstillavailable "Good Seats" Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/good-seats-still-avalable?ref_id=35106 BUY THE BOOK (AND SUPPORT THE SHOW!):  "Play Harder: The Triumph of Black Baseball in America": https://amzn.to/4dzBmRj   SPONSOR THANKS (AND SUPPORT THE SHOW!): Royal Retros (10% off promo code: SEATS): https://www.503-sports.com?aff=2 Old Fort Baseball Co. (15% off promo code: GOODSEATS): https://www.oldfortbaseballco.com/?ref=seats 417 Helmets (10% off promo code: GOODSEATS): https://417helmets.com/?wpam_id=3 Old School Shirts.com (10% off promo code: GOODSEATS): https://oldschoolshirts.com/goodseats Yinzylvania (20% off promo code: GOODSEATSSTILLAVAILABLE): https://yinzylvania.com/GOODSEATSSTILLAVAILABLE FIND AND FOLLOW: Linktree: https://linktr.ee/GoodSeatsStillAvailable Web: https://goodseatsstillavailable.com/ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/goodseatsstillavailable.com X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/GoodSeatsStill YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@goodseatsstillavailable Threads: https://www.threads.net/@goodseatsstillavailable Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/goodseatsstillavailable/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GoodSeatsStillAvailable/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/good-seats-still-available/

Baseball is the quintessential American sport.  Its long history dates back to the mid-19th century.  But the sport has had a fractious history when it came to race relations.  Despite quite a large number of African Americans playing in various leagues along-side white players in the early years of the sport, by the turn of the 20th century, complete segregation took hold.  A number of quote, Negro leagues were formed to allow for African Americans to play the sport, but various factors caused most of them to fail.  Players faced serious discrimination and some stadiums refused to let black teams play at their facilities.It all changed in 1920, when Rube Foster launched the Negro National League. Reformulated several times with new leagues and owners, Negro League baseball enjoyed periods of success in the early 1920s and again after the Great Depression. However, Jackie Robinson's integration of baseball in 1947 prompted a slow but irreversible influx of talent to the major leagues, and the remaining Negro League teams mostly folded by the 1960s.  Middle Tennessee fielded a number of great African American baseball players and Nashville hosted several Negro League teams.  Including the Villians, the Black Vols, the Elite Giants, and the Stars.On December 16, 2020, Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred declared that the seven historic Negro leagues would be recognized as official major leagues, with their players' records and statistics counted in baseball's record books.Hosts Tom Price and Jo Ann McClellan speak to author Dr. Harriet Kimbro-Hamilton, author of several books and articles on women's sports and Negro League baseball including “Daddy's Scrapbook: Henry Kimbro of the Negro Baseball League, A Daughter's Perspective,” which she published in 2015.  In 2017, Dr. Kimbro-Hamilton was inducted into the Fisk University Sports Hall of Fame.

Since 1901, in the American and National Leagues, 11 pitchers have thrown 9+ inning, complete game 1-hitters and lost. These include a pitcher that pitched both games of a double-header on the day, a pitcher that took a perfect game into the 13th inning only to lose and a pitcher that gave up an extra-inning, walk-off home run to lose. This week, a tale of the hard luck pitchers who pitched their best game only to come up short.Errata: In 1988, 46.5% of starting pitchers threw 100 or more pitches in their start - by 2014, that number had dropped to 13.1%. Rocky Nelson hit a single to move Bill Virdon to third base, not a fly ball. Lyn Lary's bunt that scored the first run in Bobo Newsom's loss was scored a fielder's choice, not a single as it appears from the description. The Deadball Era was the era from 1901-19 - Craig flubbed that somehow.Episodes mentioned:212 - Ken Johnson has a secretYou can support Hooks & Runs by purchasing books, including books featured in this episode, through our store at Bookshop.org. Here's the link. https://bookshop.org/shop/hooksandruns Hooks & Runs - www.hooksandruns.com Email: hooksandruns@protonmail.com Hooks & Runs on TwitterCraig on Bluesky (@craigest.bsky.social)Rex (Krazy Karl's Music Emporium) on Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/people/Krazy-Karlz-Music-Emporium/100063801500293/ Hosts Emeriti:Andrew Eckhoff on Tik TokEric on FacebookMusic: "Warrior of Light" by ikolics (via Premium Beat)     This podcast and this episode are copyright Craig Estlinbaum, 2025.   

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Episode 40: Negro League BaseballBaseball is the quintessential American sport. Its long history dates back to the mid-19th century. But the sport has had a fractious history when it came to race relations. Despite quite a large number of African Americans playing in various leagues along-side white players in the early years of the sport, by the turn of the 20th century, complete segregation took hold. A number of quote, Negro leagues were formed to allow for African Americans to play the sport, but various factors caused most of them to fail. Players faced serious discrimination and some stadiums refused to let black teams play at their facilities.It all changed in 1920, when Rube Foster launched the Negro National League. Reformulated several times with new leagues and owners, Negro League baseball enjoyed periods of success in the early 1920s and again after the Great Depression. However, Jackie Robinson's integration of baseball in 1947 prompted a slow but irreversible influx of talent to the major leagues, and the remaining Negro League teams mostly folded by the 1960s.Middle Tennessee fielded a number of great African American baseball players and Nashville hosted several Negro League teams. Including the Villians, the Black Vols, the Elite Giants, and the Stars.On December 16, 2020, Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred declared that the seven historic Negro leagues would be recognized as official major leagues, with their players' records and statistics counted in baseball's record books.Hosts Tom Price and Jo Ann McClellan speak to author Dr. Harriet Kimbro-Hamilton, author of several books and articles on women's sports and Negro League baseball including “Daddy's Scrapbook: Henry Kimbro of the Negro Baseball League, A Daughter's Perspective,” which she published in 2015. In 2017, Dr. Kimbro-Hamilton was inducted into the Fisk University Sports Hall of Fame.

I discuss important figures of Negro League baseball including Rube Foster, Gus Greenlee, Cumberland Posey, Effa Manley, and J.L. Wilkinson.

12-9-2023 Passed Ball Show. John spends this program laughing at the baseball writers for their meltdowns over their attempt to cover the free agency of Shohei Ohtani. John breaks down the simplicity of what the writers are trying to do (be the first to report it). Is it really important? And John thinks it would be even more hilarious if Ohtani decided to return to play professional baseball in Japan. John brings up the first round of the MLB draft of 2014 and the NBA draft of 2020 and points out the similarity before spending a couple of minutes talking about the NBA In Season Tournament- why it is good for the sport and when teams should start putting up banners (if at all). During today's #savingsportshistory segment, John talks about the National League (Baseball) prohibiting uniform numbers, the Heisman Trophy, the All American Football Conference and the Cleveland Browns, Frank Robinson, Old Hoss Radbourn, Dick Butkus, Kurt Angle, the fact that Rube Foster and Branch Rickey were equal baseball pioneers, Archie Moore, Al Unser, and Demaryius Thomas.

Episode 40: Negro League BaseballBaseball is the quintessential American sport. Its long history dates back to the mid-19th century. But the sport has had a fractious history when it came to race relations. Despite quite a large number of African Americans playing in various leagues along-side white players in the early years of the sport, by the turn of the 20th century, complete segregation took hold. A number of quote, Negro leagues were formed to allow for African Americans to play the sport, but various factors caused most of them to fail. Players faced serious discrimination and some stadiums refused to let black teams play at their facilities.It all changed in 1920, when Rube Foster launched the Negro National League. Reformulated several times with new leagues and owners, Negro League baseball enjoyed periods of success in the early 1920s and again after the Great Depression. However, Jackie Robinson's integration of baseball in 1947 prompted a slow but irreversible influx of talent to the major leagues, and the remaining Negro League teams mostly folded by the 1960s.Middle Tennessee fielded a number of great African American baseball players and Nashville hosted several Negro League teams. Including the Villains, the Black Vols, the Elite Giants, and the Stars.On December 16, 2020, Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred declared that the seven historic Negro leagues would be recognized as official major leagues, with their players' records and statistics counted in baseball's record books.Hosts Tom Price and Jo Ann McClellan speak to author Dr. Harriet Kimbro-Hamilton, author of several books and articles on women's sports and Negro League baseball including “Daddy's Scrapbook: Henry Kimbro of the Negro Baseball League, A Daughter's Perspective,” which she published in 2015. In 2017, Dr. Kimbro-Hamilton was inducted into the Fisk University Sports Hall of Fame.

The annual arrival of Jackie Robinson Day brings tales of an early series between Rube Foster's Giants and Ty Cobb's Tigers, one that proved a point without changing anything, while a Hall of Fame pitcher levels a strange accusation against the National League regarding Robinson receiving preferential treatment—but even if it were true, would it have been wrong? Plus notes on the abandonment of A's history and more. The Infinite Inning is not only about baseball but a state of mind.Steven Goldman, rotating cohosts Jesse Spector, Cliff Corcoran, and David Roth, and occasional guests discuss the game's present, past, and future with forays outside the foul lines to the culture at large. Expect stats, anecdotes, digressions, explorations of writing and fandom, and more Casey Stengel quotations than you thought possible. Along the way, they'll try to solve the puzzle that is the Infinite Inning: How do you find the joy in life when you can't get anybody out?

One Guy With a Mic Presents: History of Dingers and Dunks is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear.NETWORK SPONSORSRow One - the vintage shop for sports history fans!EPISODE DESCRIPTIONThis is episode we finish our overview of MLB The Show 23 NBL legends. Hilton Smith, Hank Thompson, Buck O'Neil and Rube Foster. All stats are provided by Baseball-ref.com and Bullpen Wiki. ABOUT ONE GUY WITH A MIC PRESENTS: HISTORY OF DINGERS AND DUNKSI am Chad Cain your host of One Guy with a Mic Presents: History of Dingers and Dunks. I am going to be bringing the history of baseball and basketball to life. For every one of you that doesn't know anything about the history of baseball or basketball, this is your place to learn.If you know some knowledge about baseball and basketball this is your place to know more. If you have more knowledge than others around you this is your safe space. I can always learn from each and every one of you as well.

Let me be clear; Minority Baseball Prospects is changing the landscape for Black baseball. In just a few years, MBP is disrupting the standard, predominantly white ecosystem of youth, travel, and college baseball to bring exposure to some of the best minority players in the country. MBP's mission statement reads as follows: Minority Baseball Prospects' mission is to promote the game of baseball worldwide by hosting the highest quality events for minority baseball prospects while providing meaningful opportunities and information to minority players, families, MLB organizations, college coaches, and fans. Of course, that sounds amazing. But who runs this operation? Where did this fantastic (and much-needed) vision come from? The answer is Atlanta-based coach Alex Wyche. And he is our guest on the Black Baseball Mixtape podcast. Coach Wyche is the founder and CEO of MBP. After a successful high school and college playing career, he moved right into coaching in the Atlanta area. Before starting MBP, Wyche led the historic power Redan High School for six years. Wyche has coached countless collegiate signees and several pro players. There is no better person to run an organization designed to teach and expose Black baseball players worldwide. You should find this episode entertaining and educational. Please continue to support and share the Black Baseball Mixtape podcast. Follow and support Minority Baseball Prospects. @MBPTakeover You and find BBM on Twitter, YouTube, and Instagram. @BlackbaseballMixtape

Feb 13, 1920. For over thirty years, Black baseball players have been locked out of the major leagues. So on this day in Kansas City, Rube Foster, a former pitcher and now a team owner, is trying to make his own league just for Black players. He has gathered owners of other Black baseball teams, who currently play each other in one-off matchups or face independent teams in random games around the country. But Foster wants them to get organized, and soon, the Negro National League would be born. But up to this point, how did Black baseball survive after segregation became the unofficial policy of the major leagues? And how did Black players, owners, and managers join together to create something that no baseball fan could ignore? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dan discusses the legacy Long Beach, California has on the rap game. He also speaks on the passing of Dave from De La Soul and the importance of Rube Foster.

On this episode of Mixtape Talk, Cheats speaks with Jay Caldwell and Graig Kreindler, the creators of the new book, “Black Baseball in Living Color.” The 250-page book features nearly 240 of Graig's color portraits he created while working with Jay on a centennial project for the Negro League Baseball Museum.The book explores the players and events that shaped Black baseball from the nineteenth century through the twenty-first century, presenting a look at Black baseball that you've never seen before. The book dedicates five of its twelve chapters to seminal figures Negro Leagues history: Rube Foster, Satchel Paige, Cool Papa Bell, Josh Gibson, and Jackie Robinson. Jay and four other SABR authors wrote those chapters. Some other chapters highlight other important aspects of Black baseball, like the Latin Winter Leagues, the dead ball era, and the years after Jackie's integration.During the conversation, Jay and Graig discuss the book's origins and how their work has captivated a vast audience. You don't want to miss this light and fun conversation.Black Baseball in Living color can be pre-ordered right now at Baseballartll.com. The books will be shipped in December.Please follow Graig Kreindler everywhere on social media @Graig Kreindler And, of course, follow the Black Baseball Mixtape at @BBallMixtape.

A Chicago baseball team that at times drew bigger crowds than the White Sox and the Cubs? This is the story of the most dominant team in black baseball for more than twenty years and the man who led them – Rube Foster and the Chicago American Giants.To Kill A Mockingbird is at Chicago's James M. Nederlander Theatre until May 29th. Get tickets here:https://www.broadwayinchicago.com/show/to-kill-a-mockingbird/Show some love for the podcast for the cost of a cup of coffee and help offset production costs:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/chicagohistoryAmazon Affiliate Links (anything you buy - not just this stuff - through these links helps benefit the show):BOOKS:First Negro League Champions, The: The 1920 Chicago American Giants by Bush, Bauer, Johnson, and othershttps://amzn.to/3G8amrsBlack Baseball in Chicago by Larry Lester, Sammy J. Miller, & Dick Clarkhttps://amzn.to/3MsPspbBlack Baseball and Chicago: Essays on the Players, Teams, and Games of the Negro Leagues' Most Important City edited by Leslie A. Heaphyhttps://amzn.to/3PAFiVgBest Pitcher in Baseball, The: The Life of Rube Foster, Negro League Giant by Robert Charles Cottrellhttps://amzn.to/3yR8hOSOnly The Ball Was White: A History of Legendary Black Players and All-Black Professional Teams by Robert Petersonhttps://amzn.to/3wtnyDTHistory Lover's Guide to Chicago, A by Greg Borzohttps://amzn.to/3w8fcQFFodor's Chicago (Full Color Travel Guide)https://amzn.to/3P6Mmc0CHICAGO ITEMS (PERFECT FOR GIFT GIVING):Greenline Goods Whiskey Glasses - 10 Oz Tumbler Gift Set for Chicago lovers, Etched with Chicago Map | Old Fashioned Rocks Glass - Set of 2https://amzn.to/3FrjSFrChicago Map Coasters by O3 Design Studio, Set Of 4, Sapele Wooden Coaster With City Map, Handmadehttps://amzn.to/3vNyDiNPodcast art by John K. Schneider - angeleyesartjks on Instagram or at angeleyesartjks AT gmail.comChicago History Podcast Clothing, Mugs, Totes, & More (your purchase helps support the podcast):https://www.teepublic.com/user/chicago-history-podcasthttps://teespring.com/stores/chicago-history-podhttps://www.chicagohistorypod.comEmail: chicagohistorypod AT gmail.com

BlackFacts.com presents the black fact of the day for May 2.First game of the Negro National Baseball League.The first viable Black league was formed in 1920 under the leadership of Rube Foster, manager of the Chicago American Giants. He had been Negro baseball's best pitcher in the early years of the 20th century and then its best-known manager and promoter. Foster wanted black players to be ready when integration finally came. He routinely spoke to players, telling them to always play at the highest level of excellence.The first game of this new league was held on May 2, 1920, in Indiana.  It was between Foster's team, the American Giants, and the Indianapolis ABCs. Negro Leagues baseball became the largest black-owned organization in America, and the league did its part to aid a community living with segregation. Owners raised money to support anti-lynching campaigns, the United Negro College Fund, and the NAACP.In 1947, the color barrier was broken when Jackie Robinson joined the Brooklyn Dodgers.Within five years, more than 150 Negro Leagues players joined Major League teams. Without its greatest stars, and struggling with low attendance, the era of Negro Leagues baseball came to a close.Most importantly, the creation of the Negro Leagues proved that Black players could play on even terms with their white counterparts  – and draw just as much interest from baseball fans.Learn black history, teach black history at blackfacts.com

Phil S. Dixon describes the impact of Negro National League Founder, Rube Foster.  You can find our more about Phil at the following locations: Website;   https://www.nlbalive.com/ Twitter;  @negroleagueman https://www.facebook.com/philsdixon https://www.linkedin.com/in/phil-s-dixon-b3b7a41b/ https://www.instagram.com/negroleagueman/ https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=phil+s+dixon

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Feb 13, 1920. For over thirty years, Black baseball players have been locked out of the major leagues. So on this day in Kansas City, Rube Foster, a former pitcher and now a team owner, is trying to make his own league just for Black players. He has gathered owners of other Black baseball teams, who currently play each other in one-off matchups or face independent teams in random games around the country. But Foster wants them to get organized, and soon, the Negro National League would be born. But up to this point, how did Black baseball survive after segregation became the unofficial policy of the major leagues? And how did Black players, owners, and managers join together to create something that no baseball fan could ignore? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Renee speaks with Tiffany Young, Executive Director for the Hartford Yard Goats Foundation and David Hopkins, President of the Urban League of Greater HartfordHartford Yard Goats to Host Negro Leagues Day Celebration at Game with Josh Gibson FoundationHartford, Conn - The Hartford Yard Goats Baseball Club, the Double-A Affiliate of the Colorado Rockies, will be hosting a Negro Leagues Day Celebration at its home game on Thursday, July 15th (7:05 PM vs New Hampshire Fisher Cats) at Dunkin' Donuts Park, in partnership with the Josh Gibson Foundation. The National Negro League was founded in 1920 by Rube Foster and showcased the talents of Jackie Robinson, Satchell Paige, Josh Gibson and others.

Renee speaks with Tiffany Young, Executive Director for the Hartford Yard Goats Foundation and David Hopkins, President of the Urban League of Greater HartfordHartford Yard Goats to Host Negro Leagues Day Celebration at Game with Josh Gibson FoundationHartford, Conn - The Hartford Yard Goats Baseball Club, the Double-A Affiliate of the Colorado Rockies, will be hosting a Negro Leagues Day Celebration at its home game on Thursday, July 15th (7:05 PM vs New Hampshire Fisher Cats) at Dunkin' Donuts Park, in partnership with the Josh Gibson Foundation. The National Negro League was founded in 1920 by Rube Foster and showcased the talents of Jackie Robinson, Satchell Paige, Josh Gibson and others.

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Baseball is the quintessential American sport. Its long history dates back to the mid-19th century. But the sport has had a fractious history when it came to race relations. Despite quite a large number of African Americans playing in various leagues along-side white players in the early years of the sport, by the turn of the 20th century, complete segregation took hold. A number of quote, Negro leagues were formed to allow for African Americans to play the sport, but various factors caused most of them to fail. Players faced serious discrimination and some stadiums refused to let black teams play at their facilities. It all changed in 1920, when Rube Foster launched the Negro National League. Reformulated several times with new leagues and owners, Negro League baseball enjoyed periods of success in the early 1920s and again after the Great Depression. However, Jackie Robinson's integration of baseball in 1947 prompted a slow but irreversible influx of talent to the major leagues, and the remaining Negro League teams mostly folded by the 1960s. Middle Tennessee fielded a number of great African American baseball players and Nashville hosted several Negro League teams. Including the Villians, the Black Vols, the Elite Giants, and the Stars. On December 16, 2020, Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred declared that the seven historic Negro leagues would be recognized as official major leagues, with their players' records and statistics counted in baseball's record books. Hosts Tom Price and Jo Ann McClellan speak to author Dr. Harriet Kimbro-Hamilton, author of several books and articles on women's sports and Negro League baseball including “Daddy's Scrapbook: Henry Kimbro of the Negro Baseball League, A Daughter's Perspective,” which she published in 2015. In 2017, Dr. Kimbro-Hamilton was inducted into the Fisk University Sports Hall of Fame.

Throughout Black History Month, Reset will highlight a few of the unsung heroes in Chicago’s history. We start with Andrew “Rube” Foster, the so-called “Father of Black Baseball” and manager of the Chicago Union Giants.

Rube Foster was an amazing pitcher but his role with the game was more than being a player he was the vision behind the first Negro League and ushered in the golden age of Black Baseball.Podcast links:https://link.chtbl.com/KpxFqW8iPlease support our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=25697914Buy me a Coffeehttps://www.buymeacoffee.com/Countryboi2mSources:A complete history of the Negro leagues, 1884 to 1955by Mark Ribowskyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negro_league_baseballhttps://www.history.com/topics/sports/negro-league-baseball

Pour les 100 ans des Negro Leagues, Culture Baseball #3 revient sur les origines du Black Baseball pour parler de la création des Negro Leagues en 1920 par Rube Foster. Point de départ, un timbre US Postal de 2010, dessiné par l'artiste afro-américain Kadir Nelson, l'occasion de parler des premiers timbres de baseball de l'histoire et des insolites histoires les entourant.

Hello Old Sports is part of the https://sportshistorynetwork.com/ (Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Your Favorite Sport's Yesteryear). EPISODE SUMMARY This week on Hello Old Sports we continue our journey back to 1920 with a look at all of the big events in baseball from that monumental year. Rube Foster founded the Negro League. Babe Ruth came to the Yankees. Carl Mays killed Ray Chapman with a pitch. Kenesaw Mountain Landis banned the Black Sox for life. We'll talk about it all this week. BOOKS TO COMPLIMENT THIS SERIES https://amzn.to/33hr31n (The Selling of the Babe: The Deal That Changed Baseball and Created a Legend) https://amzn.to/3pYsGKR (Eddie Cicotte: The Life and Career of the Banned Black Sox Pitcher) https://amzn.to/2UYDHxB (Complete History of the Negro Leagues: 1884 to 1955) https://amzn.to/3fw4WJm (The Pitch That Killed: The Story of Carl Mays, Ray Chapman, and the Pennant Race of 1920) HELLO OLD SPORTS BACKGROUND Each week on “Hello, Old Sports” Andrew and Dan Neumann examine a different sports history topic—baseball, basketball, football, hockey, boxing, and anything else that comes to mind. We'll travel back to 1920 to relive the founding of the Negro Leagues and Babe Ruth's first season with the New York Yankees. Or to 1967 to relive the closing drive of the “Ice Bowl” between the Green Bay Packers and the Dallas Cowboys. Maybe even all the way back to 1884 and the first “World Series” between the Providence Grays of the National League and the New York Metropolitans of the American Association. Andrew and Dan Neumann are your hosts and these brothers know a thing or two about living in some crazy sport's towns. Contact the show at HelloOldSports@gmail.com and find us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/HelloOldSports (www.facebook.com/HelloOldSports)

Hosts Eric and Mike converse about balance in their lives and the importance balance plays in all of our lives. “Do all things In moderation; even moderation” is one of today’s cultural mantras the guys examine and explore in this episode and how it plays a pivotal part to someone and themselves curating an even keel. Balance plays a huge part from a societal aspect for all humanity especially today with the ongoing fight for gender, racial and religious equality. This week sadly and untimely America lost supreme court judge the “Notorious RBG” on the good side we celebrated the birthday of Rube Foster the father of African American baseball, together they both through their fight for equality created balance in America for racial & gender equality. Give these guys a listen, comment, rate and subscribe. We Here Now!

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The curious story of baseball’s Atlantic City (NJ) Bacharach Giants originates from a unique intersection of racism, tourism, and politics. In 1915, an independent semi-pro “Atlantic City Colored League” was formed to provide an entertainment outlet for the city’s 11,000+ black residents – with the hope being they would attend the games and stay off the boardwalk, a then-booming summer haven for white tourists.   Two black businessmen active in the local Republican political machine asked an existing area team to join the league and promotionally rename itself after politician Harry Bacharach, the once-and-future mayor of Atlantic City.  When the team refused, the duo travelled south and convinced eight members of the Duval Giants, a black amateur team in Jacksonville, Florida, to venture north and create the foundation for a new independent club instead. The “Bacharach Giants” largely dominated whatever opponents came their way during the late 1910s, despite persistent financial wobbliness.  In 1920, the team began a three-year stint as an associate member of Rube Foster’s new Negro National League (NNL) – allowing them to retain official independence, but also to coordinate non-league games with the teams from Foster’s largely Midwest-based circuit.  In 1923, Atlantic City broke from the NNL to help start the rival Eastern Colored League (ECL), where they achieved their greatest success – including winning two league pennants in 1926 and 1927 – though losing both times in subsequent Negro League World Series play to the NNL’s Chicago American Giants. Beset by rancorous squabbles over player contracts, the ECL folded in 1928.  Five of its clubs – including the Bacharach Giants – formed the bulk of a new American Negro League for 1929, only to see both the league and its team from Atlantic City fold by the end of the season.  Author/historian Jim Overmyer (Black Ball and the Boardwalk: The Bacharach Giants of Atlantic City) joins to discuss the history of the club, and some of the legends that emanated from it, including Negro League standouts Dick Lundy, Oliver Marcell, Dick Redding, “Nip” Winters, Chanel White, “Rats” Henderson, Claude Grier, and Luther Farrell – and National Baseball Hall of Famer John Henry "Pop" Lloyd.

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BOB KENDRICK's enthusiasm for the Negro Leagues' history will leap through your speakers and into your soul. Our conversation covers this year's centennial of the leagues, their founding by Rube Foster ("one of the most influential" people in U.S. baseball history, Bob says), the museum's exhibitions, the museum's coronavirus-caused closing and more.

In this special episode released on Jackie Robinson Day 2020, we talk to Bob Kendrick, President of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum about the characters who played in those leagues and what made them so special. Bob's stories are incredible and take you back to a time where Buck O'Neil, Satchel Paige, Cool Papa Bell, Jackie Robinson, Rube Foster, Ted Double Duty Radcliffe, Josh Gibson, Willie May's, Osacar Charleston, Ernie Banks and many more showed the world what baseball was all about. We understand exactly how fast Leroy Satchel Paige could pitch, the real stories around how fast Cool Papa Bell was and we talk about the diversity of the Negro Leagues with players like Toni Stone, Connie Morgan and Peanut Johnson. Did Babe Ruth blow his chances at being a Yankees manager by being a supporter of the Negro Leagues? Who was the Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez (ARod) of the Negro Leagues? What was Yankees Hall of Famer, Elston Howard like and who did he bunk with whilst at the Kansas City Monarchs. Mark, Chris and Helen all resolve the visit @nlbmprez and the Negro League Baseball Museum as soon as possible to drink in the great history that Bob shared with us, we hope you visit sometime soon too.

In this week in 1920s baseball, we look at the formation of the Negro National League (NNL). The great Rube Foster met with all the major players in black baseball on February 13, 1920 in Kansas City. By the end of the meeting the Negro Leagues were born… Well, history isn’t ever quite that simple, […]

One hundred years ago, a pitcher with a nasty curveball and a mind for business named Rube Foster formed "the Negro Leagues." In a story that in many ways mirrors American history from Reconstruction to the Civil Rights Movement, African Americans in baseball shaped the game and American society beyond the ballfield. It’s a story that runs, surprisingly, straight through Denver and an event that called itself “The Little World Series of the West.”

Author and baseball historian Phil S. Dixon joins the boys to talk about co-founding the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City, conspiracy theories surrounding the death of Rube Foster, Buck O'Neil's chances at making the Hall of Fame in 2021 and, of course, his latest book about the Dean Brothers and their role in helping integrate baseball.

Journalist-author/Alabama native Bill Plott (Black Baseball's Last Team Standing: The Birmingham Black Barons) joins the show to help us discover more about the legendary Negro League franchise regarded by most baseball historians as the “jewel of Southern black baseball." The first Black Barons team began in 1920 as charter members of the Negro Southern League, an eight-member circuit that largely mirrored the all-white minor-league Southern Association – right down to the sharing of ballparks.  Three years later, Birmingham made the leap to Rube Foster’s major league Negro National League, black baseball’s highest professional level at the time – soon to feature eventual All-Star legends like George “Mule” Suttles and Leroy “Satchel” Paige. The team survived the Great Depression by bouncing between the major Negro National and minor Negro Southern leagues during the 1930s, finally returning to the bigs in 1940 via the newly ascendant Negro American League. The 1940s was the zenith of the franchise's history, catalyzed by new owners Tom Hayes (a prominent Memphis funeral home operator) and sports entrepreneur Abe Saperstein – whose Harlem Globetrotters provided off-season employment to some of the players.  (Reese Tatum, the team’s popular center fielder, joined the ‘Trotters as "Goose" Tatum, the “Clown Prince of Basketball” – eventually earning greater fame for his achievements on the hardwood than those on the diamond.) The Black Barons were among the Negro Leagues’ elite teams, winning NAL pennants (though losing Negro World Series’) in 1943, 1944 and 1948 – and featured a who’s who of standout on-field talent such as Lorenzo "Piper" Davis, Lyman Bostock, Bill Powell, Bill Barnes, Joe Bankhead, Ed Steele, Bill Greason, Artie Wilson, Jehosie Heard, and a teenage sensation named Willie Mays – many of whom left for the soon-to-be integrated major leagues. Birmingham soldiered on post-integration into the 1950s, striving to maintain professional relevance and outlasting most of the remaining Negro League teams in the process; by 1960, the Black Barons had been reduced to a barnstorming outfit, fading into obscurity against the backdrop of the Civil Rights movement – giving up the ghost for good in 1963. Still, the team’s legend – and original ballpark (Birmingham’s Rickwood Field) – live on. PLUS: Charley Pride gets traded for a team bus! Support the show with a purchase from one/more of our great sponsors: Dollar Shave Club, Mack Weldon and/or Express VPN!

In episode 6 cohosts Francis C. Harris and Charles F. Harris Jr., coauthors of the ‘Pictorial History of the African American Athlete,’ continue their discussion on the pioneering founders of early 20th century black baseball. In this episode they add more details about the lives and careers of Sol White (1868-1955), a groundbreaking player and author of the 1907 book, ‘The History of Colored Baseball’ and Andrew “Rube” Foster (1879-1930), an outstanding pitcher, executive, and founder of the Negro National League in 1920. Both men have been inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. The episode is moderated by Calvin Reid.

In episode five cohosts Francis C. Harris and Charles F. Harris Jr., coauthors of the ‘Pictorial History of the African American Athlete’ discuss the lives of the pioneering founders of early 20th century black baseball, including Rube Foster, Sol White and Frank Leland, in Part 1 of a discussion about the beginnings of Negro League professional baseball. The episode is moderated by Calvin Reid

Today we share some history on Rube Foster's Negro National League

We talk alot about the Negro Leagues on this show, but this week we talk about the man who founded the best known one, Rube Foster. While a great pitcher, he was also a genius who was unfortunately held back because of the color of his skin. We also dive into the history of one of the greatest sports venues in the world, Fenway Park. Or Fenway Pahk if you're listening in the north east. Was the Green Monster always green? Or even a monster? You know the Pesky pole down right, do you know what the left field foul pole is called? Find out!

There were African-Americans playing baseball long before Rube Foster was born and long after he died, but none of them had as big an impact on the structure of the game in the black community. Mike and Bill trace the early history of the sport among black Americans before digging into Foster's life, and how he was uniquely positioned and driven to create the first successful professional league for black ballplayers. Plus, happy birthday to Ben Oglivie and an acknowledging head nod to Ugueth Urbina.

World’s only museum dedicated to preserving the history of African American Baseball.    Some of greatest players ever.  Walk away from museum with greater appreciation of how great this company.    Negro Leagues operated 20 years from 1920-1960, Jackie Robinson included.  Museum tells this story.  And it’s not a sad story.  Celebration of the power of the human spirit.   American spirit allowed the to persevere.   Negro Leagues were third largest black owned business in the country.  Insurance first, Madam CJ Walker second doing hair.  Had schools of cosmetology in every city.  Negro Leagues third.  Buck O’Neill said all they needed was a bus, two sets of uniforms and 20 of the greatest athletes anywhere.      Rube Foster a genius,  Greatest baseball mind sport ever seen that no one knows about.   Had vision.  Formed Negro Leagues,  interests in numerous teams.  Rube very wealthy but savvy enough in 1920s to take star players from some of his teams and dispersed them around league to create competitive balance.   Buck a quiet leader, when he talked he had something to say.  Knew how to get the most out of guys.    Buck looked like shoe-in for 2006 MLB hall of fame, and it didn’t happen.  Devastating.  When he found out he was more excited for 17 of his colleagues did get in.   Gave greatest concession speech ever wrapping his arms around a room full of angry, bitter people and said it’s ok. One of most selfless acts.  Buck passed two months later at the age of 94.   Josh Gibson was a combo of Babe Ruth and Ted Williams according to Buck Museum represents everything about our country.  America at its best and worst.  Not a story about adversity.  It’s about overcoming adversity.   Sorry that transcends race, age and gender.  To become a member or for more info, visit www.nlbm.com.  At 18th and Vine in KC Museum has to survive to keep the stories alive.  

Actor, comedian and baseball historian Greg Proops joins the boys to talk about his recent gig as emcee of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum's annual Hall of Game ceremony, his experiences interviewing some of baseball's greats, recalls the mysterious death of Rube Foster and shares his admiration for San Francisco Giants greats Willie Mays and Barry Bonds. Oh, yeah, Greg also joins in on Lou's distaste of the 2013 movie “42”.

President of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, Bob Kendrick, joins the boys (for the third time!) to talk about the life and legacy of the late, great Mamie “Peanut” Johnson, educates Shawn as to who Rube Foster is and why he is one of the most important people in the history of the Negro Leagues and celebrates the inevitable Hall of Fame induction of longtime Atlanta Brave Chipper Jones.

Sisters seek details about their grandfather’s Chicago baseball team, and his killing by a white police officer in 1925.

Producer/Engineer: Bill Pollock Editor: Sarah Rendo Cover: Rob Mitchell   A modern Odysseus, Rube Foster was a giant concoction of pitcher, manager, businessmen and visionary, all shaken up together inside a 6 foot 2 Texan frame. In 1920 Rube Foster gathered a group of businessmen to the Paseo YMCA. By the time the men left they had created the modern Negro National League.   Some say that Rube Foster never left that room and even though he died in 1930, he never stopped watching over the YMCA. One day someone tried to steal a car outside of the YMCA but the thief retreated when he was pelted by a cascade of ice. Some say it was a freak hailstorm. Some say it was Rube Foster chucking ice at the dude.   Some say that Rube Foster never left that room and that his genius is so powerful it resonates through the room in a constant current of electricity. Some say that there’s enough in Rube Foster’s room that if electricity were tiny packets of ketchup there would be enough tomater sauce to overflow a regular sized volcano.   Some say that Rube Foster never left that room and if you try to throw away a tiny paper cup it’s going to always land in the bottom of the waste paper basket-even if your eyes are closed. Some say that Rube Foster never left that room and that if you go that if you go swimming at the YMCA and try to grab some toast you won’t be disappointed. Dolorous Jones wasn’t disappointed   Dolorous Jones stopped by the Y to grab some toast and a few laps in the pool. She had half a loaf of bread and a clean women's swimming suit. She stuck one sliver of bread in the central terminal of the public toasting area. And she waited. And she waited. And she waited. But no toast. But suddenly, all of a sudden, without warning, all of a sudden, a floating finger stuck out of the wall and pointed at the toaster and the toasting irons became orange-lava hot, heating those bread shanks from a pale white to a golden brown. When the toaster went “ding-ding-ding” the finger retreated back into the wall.   Dolorous Jones ate that toast and gathered her belongings, her swimsuit, her purse, her toast kit, her stick of butter and she headed for the door. As she left, she took one look at that toaster to see if it was a special kind of toaster, like maybe it’s one of those special toasters you read about in the papers. And she was right, it was a special kind of toaster - it wasn’t even plugged in.

The research process continues with the 25th installment of the Bedford & Sullivan Podcast! I realized recently I was sorely lacking on my research of not only the Negro Leagues in Brooklyn, but Black American history in Brooklyn overall. Producer Brian Winett has been working on developing a TV Series regarding the Negro Leagues, and though his project is not at all Brooklyn-centric, he has gathered plenty of fascinating material regarding the rich history of Black baseball before integration. We'll discuss his personal baseball roots, what attracted him to the subject of the Negro Leagues, and the character of Rube Foster (the Negro Leagues pioneer). We'll also talk some shop, discussing what the narrative script writing process is like for Brian. So, join us at 3PM ET for the latest edition of the Bedford & Sullivan Podcast!