Liam O'Mara IV, PhD6d ago
On #ThisDayInHistory in 1945, #baseball player #JackieRobinson signed a contract with the #Brooklyn #Dodgers, ending #RacialSegregation in the sport. Within six years the #NegroLeague was shut down though #MLB did not integrate the statistics with those of white teams until 2024.
Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸🐧Sep 7

80 Years Ago, A Jewish Radical and Two Negro League Stars Led a Crusade to Integrate #Baseball That Paved the Way for Jackie Robinson

The little known story about Sam Nahem, Leon Day, and Willard Brown who in 1945 played on a field in the shadow of Adolph Hitler's Nazi Germany and broke down historic barriers.

from #CommonDreams
Peter Dreier
Sep 07, 2025

...on September 8, 1945—a little-known episode in the struggle to challenge racial segregation took place in, of all places, Germany’s Nuremberg Stadium, where Adolf Hitler had addressed Nazi rallies. It was led by Sam Nahem, a left-wing #Jewish pitcher who had a brief career in the major leagues, and included two #NegroLeague stars, who, like other [#Blacks], were banned from major league teams.

Their efforts were part of the wider “Double Victory” campaign during the war to beat fascism overseas and #racism and #antiSemitism at home.

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/80-years-ago-a-jewish-radical-and-two-negro-league-stars-led-a-crusade-to-integrate-baseball-that-paved-the-way-for-jackie-robinson

#sports #politics #news #history #BlackMastodon

80 Years Ago, A Jewish Radical and Two Negro League Stars Led a Crusade to Integrate Baseball That Paved the Way for Jackie Robinson | Common Dreams

The little known story about Sam Nahem, Leon Day, and Willard Brown who in 1945 played on a field in the shadow of Adolph Hitler's Nazi Germany and broke down historic barriers.

Common Dreams
MLB NewsAug 30
Unsettling visit to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum https://www.rawchili.com/mlb/281685/ #AmateurUmpires #Baseball #Connecticut #cooperstown #ct #HallOfFame #HartfordCourant #KansasCity #LineupsOfFarmers #mechanics #NegroLeague #NegroLeaguesBaseballMuseum #SalesmenMajorLeaguers
GFJacobs Is Still MaskingJun 20, 2024

It is positively embarrassing that the #RickwoodFieldGame being broadcast by #Foxsports on #Fox does NOT have ONE black broadcaster or commentator.

All white, it ain't alright

#NegroLeague

Is this how you memorialize #WillieMays???

ldkirkJun 4, 2024
One of the major beneficiaries of the decision to count Negro League stats in the official records of Major League Baseball is player and manager Oscar Charleston. Here’s an article which will tell you much more.
#NegroLeague #baseball
Jeremy Beer is a longtime member of the Society for American Baseball Research. But even he was surprised when, 15 years ago, he stumbled across a name in a Top https://search.app/Yk3ATF5LPCx6eKGv9
ldkirkMay 30, 2024
The 1935 edition of one of the legendary teams in Negro League history, the Pittsburgh Crawfords, pose in front of the team bus. Key members of the Crawfords that year included Josh Gibson, Satchel Paige, and Cool Papa Bell. #NegroLeague #baseball
ldkirkMay 29, 2024
The decision to include Negro League statistics among the official records of baseball is bound to upset our perception of the all-time greats of the sport’s history. It needs to be recognized that this is not revisionist history. It is the actual history, the long overdue rectifying of a tragic injustice. #NegroLeague #baseball
Patti AliventiMar 4, 2024

My review of the book The New York Game: Baseball and the Rise of a New City by Kevin Baker #BabeRuth #baseball #baseballbooks #baseballhistory #bookreview #history #NegroBaseball #NegroLeague #NewYork #NewYorkbaseball #NewYorkCity #NewYorkCityhistory

https://thoughtsfromthemountaintop.com/2024/03/04/book-review-the-new-york-game-baseball-and-the-rise-of-a-new-city-by-kevin-baker/

Book Review – The New York Game: Baseball and the Rise of a New City by Kevin Baker

Note: Thank you to NetGalley, Knopf Publishing, and Kevin Baker for the advanced reader copy of the book. This review will also be posted on NetGalley. What follows is my unbiased review of the boo…

Thoughts From the Mountain Top
Patti AliventiFeb 13, 2024

My review of the book Roadside Baseball: The Locations of America’s Baseball Landmarks by Chris Epting #baseball #baseballbooks #bookreview #landmarks #LittleLeague #majorleaguebaseball #NegroLeague #stadiums #Travel

https://thoughtsfromthemountaintop.com/2024/02/13/book-review-roadside-baseball-the-locations-of-americas-baseball-landmarks-by-chris-epting/

Book Review – Roadside Baseball: The Locations of America’s Baseball Landmarks by Chris Epting

Note: Thank you to NetGalley, Santa Monica Press, and Chris Epting for the advanced reader copy of the book. This review will also be posted on NetGalley. What follows is my unbiased review of the …

Thoughts From the Mountain Top
Doc Tell Me More PodcastDec 3, 2023

Heavy Johnson of the KC Monarchs won the 1923 Negro National League Triple Crown, hitting 406/471/722 with 20 HR and 130 RBI. He also led the league in doubles, hits, and runs.

Considered one of the best players not in the HOF, he helped the Monarchs to the 1924 World Series title.

https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/heavy-johnson/

#baseball #negroleague