I'm not really a pro sportsball fan. The Great MLB Strike of '94 sealed the deal on that. But I eventually softened and while I'm not a fan of pro sports still, it's the love of the game and being a hometown girl that keeps a special place in my heart for my Houston Astros.

There was a semi-pro team here in the area that I adopted as my team to cheer on which had the coolest name and so appropriate for our area.
The Sugar Land Skeeters. The mascot was a big mosquito.
But the owners sold to the Astros farm system and was renamed/rebranded as The Space Cowboys. (what... the fuhhhhhhch?)

I love the game though and I love baseball history which is really what this post is about, which comes from a news story I heard on our Houston Public Media station.
It aired this morning as part of #BlackHistoryMonth I love the rich history and important contribution of the Negro League on baseball and our country in general.
And apparently, Houston had a team or two or three that participated in that history.

Tagging my rabid Astros and baseball junkie friend @greene Thought you might like this. ShortGirls4Evah!

This should start at the 20min 50sec mark.
#baseball #NegroLeague

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XUhANnCBBg&start=1251

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

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???

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/

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/

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