‘Negro Leagues Matter’ webinar: Negro League Ballparks
ZoomKevin Johnson will speak about Negro League Ballparks, and how they impacted the statistics of various teams and players
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A Renewed Call for More Negro Leaguers to be Inducted in the Baseball Hall of Fame
ZoomGary Gillette: As founder and chair of the nonprofit Friends of Historic Hamtramck Stadium, Pennsylvania native and Detroit resident Gary Gillette led the successful effort to save and rehabilitate the Stadium—one of only five remaining Major Negro League home ballparks. He is the recipient of the Tweed Webb Lifetime Achievement Award from the Negro Leagues Committee […]
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A Conversation with Doug Foster, grandson of Hall of Famer William “Bill” Foster and great-nephew of Hall of Famer Andrew “Rube” Foster
ZoomWilliam Douglas Foster, Jr. was born in Washington, DC and raised in the DC Metro area. He graduated from Potomac High School in Oxon Hill, MD and in 1993 with a BS degree in Accounting from the University of MD-Eastern Shore in Princess Anne, MD. Mr. Foster currently holds the position of the Chief Financial […]
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You Need to Know: Ted Strong, Jr.: Negro Leagues All-Star AND an Original Harlem Globetrotter
ZoomSherman L. Jenkins has been a researcher of the Negro Leagues and specifically Ted Strong, Jr., an unsung hero of the leagues since meeting and working with Ted Strong, Sr. more than 30 years ago. Mr. Jenkins is a member of SABR Negro Leagues Committee, and the author of the book “Ted Strong, Jr.: The […]