Negro Leagues Database Update: 1923 Negro National League

November 29, 2011 by Gary Ashwill · 5 Comments

We’re pleased to announce the addition of the 1923 Negro National League, compiled by Patrick Rock, to the Negro Leagues Database. Patrick’s work was the first statistical compilation of a Negro league season to reach the levels of thoroughness and completeness that we’re aspiring to here, and has been a key inspiration for my own […]

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Rickey was Right On

August 4, 2011 by Sam Miller · Leave a Comment

In teaming with Jackie Robinson to break the color barrier, Branch Rickey helped make Barack Obama’s presidency possible. That’s one reason why Jimmy Breslin decided to write a biography on Rickey. One could surmise Rickey’s decision to team with Robinson was about morality. After all, he broke the news in a pulpit. In truth, this was […]

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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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