September 11, 1935: Lights go on at Ebbets Field for Brooklyn Eagles
“Oh, I’m not really great. I’m just good, darn good.”…
May 18, 1935: Negro League Brooklyn Eagles play inaugural home opener at Ebbets Field
Few names are as synonymous with the development of Negro League…
September 11-October 2, 1934: Philadelphia Stars win first and only Negro National League championship
This article was published in "The Stars Shone on Philadelphia:…
October 16, 1934: Philadelphia Stars defeat Dizzy and Daffy all-stars in double bill
The 1934 season was an exceptional one for Dizzy Dean. At the…
October 14, 1928: Baltimore Black Sox beat Lefty Grove and all-star team
Future Hall of Famer Lefty Grove was coming off a 1928 season…
September 19, 1932: Play ball at midnight: Grays, Crawfords duck the blue laws in Pittsburgh
The 1932 baseball season in Pittsburgh saw a strong challenge…
July 25, 1932: Lights at Griffith Stadium: Negro League Washington Pilots host city’s first night game
“Night baseball will never happen in Washington,” said Clark…
July 8, 1932: Satchel Paige throws first recorded no-hitter of his professional career
No other player in the history of the Negro Leagues is as mythicized…
May 24, 1942: Paige, Monarchs get the best of Dizzy Dean All-Stars at Wrigley Field
On this crisp afternoon, the sky was a vivid blue, the grass…
July 26, 1942: Monarchs’ Satchel Paige garners the victory on day in his honor at Wrigley Field
Negro League historian James A. Riley wrote about Satchel Paige,…
September 9, 1934: Satchel Paige and Slim Jones throw head-to-head pitching gems at Yankee Stadium
Of the more than 200 Negro League games played at Yankee Stadium…
July 5, 1930: Black baseball comes to Yankee Stadium on behalf of the Pullman Porters
Yankee Stadium had been open for seven seasons when the summer…
September 13-20, 1935: Pittsburgh Crawfords rally from 3-1 deficit to beat New York Cubans in Negro League World Series
From left, Leroy Matlock, Oscar Charleston, boxer John Henry…
September 22, 1935: Satchel Paige takes the money but not the mound at Yankee Stadium
1934 Pittsburgh Crawfords pitchers, from left: Satchel Paige,…
June 6, 1935: Satchel Paige strikes out 17 for Bismarck in exhibition against Monarchs in Winnipeg
On June 6, 1935, Winnipeg’s Osborne Stadium reopened after…
September 10, 1933: The Game of Games: Negro Leagues stage first all-star game at Comiskey Park
"The East-West Game became the spirit and life of Negro League…
August 11, 1935: The Mule Kicks the Maestro in Negro Leagues all-star game
At a time when a pint of Kentucky bourbon cost $1.251 and a…
August 6, 1939: Late home runs lift West to win in Negro League all-star game
As the Cheers resident know-it-all Cliff Clavin might have said,…
August 26, 1934: The Hottest Show in Town: Satchel Paige mows ’em down in Negro Leagues all-star game
The summer of 1934 was one of the hottest on record in Chicago.…
May 30, 1942: New York Black Yankees defeat Birmingham Black Barons on Decoration Day at Sportsman’s Park
On a warm Saturday afternoon in May, with the nation’s list…
July 6, 1938: Braves Field hosts an integrated baseball game
Bob Quinn owned the Boston Red Sox from 1923 into 1933. In 1936…
May 18, 1940: Young Roy Campanella clouts two home runs for Baltimore Elite Giants
For decades, baseball had been played in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania,…
September 7, 1929: Havana’s Luis E. Tiant knocked out in Baltimore exhibition game
The Havana Red Sox baseball team arrived in Miami in March of…
May 3, 1936: Satchel Paige and the Pittsburgh Crawfords visit Zanesville, Ohio
The Zanesville (Ohio) Greys were a Class C minor-league baseball…