@ojphilly, a Black King wrote the text and shared the image below:
“Baseball has always been a great game for Black athletes, but baseball culture has not always been great for Black [People]…I don't want to be the final member of the Black Aces…and I don't want to be the final Black pitcher giving a HOF speech.” ✊🏿⚾️
Statues at Smokies Stadium are permanent symbol of Black baseball's history in Knoxville
Knoxville baseball legends such as Claude "Steel Arm" Dickey and Forrest “One Wing” Maddox are immortalized at Covenant Health Park.42 released in 2013 starring our brother Chadwick Boseman
People aren't going to like this. They're gonna do anything
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Big #1947League matchup today: Wilmer Fields (10-7, 2.92, .267, 11 HR, 20 3B) and his Pirates take on Satchel Paige (9-7, 4.07) and the New York Yankees in the third and deciding game of their series. Let's head out to Yankee Stadium now...
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#1947League trivia question:
Chet Brewer started his NNL career with the Kansas City Monarchs.
What year was that?
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