Under the Baseball Big Top

December 16, 2010 by Sam Miller · 1 Comment

Quick, look over there. You better not blink because you just might miss the best play you will ever see. For better than 40 years, that’s what folks came to expect when teams like the Indianapolis Clowns came to town. Think of the Harlem Globetrotters in their heyday. The Clowns might pull off some hijinks […]

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Remembering a Baseball Player So We Don’t Forget the Mistakes of Our Past

February 18, 2010 by Jon Pessah · Leave a Comment

A good friend of mine lost a good friend yesterday. My friend is Claire Smith, and her friend was Alfred â€œSlickâ€ Surratt. Slick was a player for the Kansas City Monarchs, a teammate of Satchel Paige and Jackie Robinson in the Negro Baseball League. He died at 87. Claire was one of the first women […]

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