Sep 7SaveNegro Leagues9/7/20Negro Leagues9/7/20The Story of Hall of Famer Turkey Stearnes, the Ballpark he Made Home and the Family & Detroit Rock Star Trying to Preserve itJordan HellerSaveVanessa Rose stands at the ready in center field. In a half-crouch with her glove-hand resting on one knee and her…
Aug 16SaveNegro Leagues8/16/20Negro Leagues8/16/20The Best of Their Generation: Pop Lloyd and Oscar CharlestonChris BaudSaveThis is a story about two great baseball players: Pop Lloyd and Oscar Charleston. They played in the Negro Leagues…
Aug 5SaveNegro Leagues8/5/20Negro Leagues8/5/20The Lost Career of Luke Easter, and the Missing Black Hall of FamersChris BaudSaveHe’s much like the fictional superstar Roy Hobbs in the American Arthurian legend of a baseball book and movie The…
Jul 26SaveNegro Leagues7/26/20Negro Leagues7/26/20Catching Up With the Kid Who Helped Get MLB to Right a Decades-long Wrong for Negro LeaguersDustin FooteSaveCam Perron started flipping baseball cards in first grade.
Jul 19SaveNegro Leagues7/19/20Negro Leagues7/19/20'Why is it that the white man took control of baseball and said that’s for them?'Jesse SpectorSaveErnest Fann lives in Birmingham, on a dead-end street down near Valley Creek. As the days go by, and he’s home…
Jul 18SaveNegro Leagues7/18/20Negro Leagues7/18/20Meet Joe Black’s Legendary ‘All-Time All-Star Black Team,’ Packed With Hall of Famers and Guys who Should Be ThereJesse SpectorSaveIn 1973, the Chicago Defender, a groundbreaking Black newspaper, ran a baseball item based on an interview with a…
Jul 12SaveNegro Leagues7/12/20Negro Leagues7/12/20Meet Martin Dihigo, The Best Baseball Player You've Never Heard ofChris BaudSave“Dihigo was the best all-around baseball player I’ve ever seen.”— Buck Leonard
Jun 19SaveNegro Leagues6/19/20Negro Leagues6/19/20Josh Gibson and the Long Gone Summers That Should Have BeenJulie DiCaroSaveThe following is adapted from the podcast script for Stick to Pods Episode 11, “Josh Gibson,” which originally aired…