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