Auther: Negro Leaguer Ed Harris and the Pacific Coast League
From SABR member Ronald Auther at Shadow Ball Express on April 19, 2015:
This is why they say, “A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words”.
I hope we can use this picture to explore the known people in this picture, and how this picture possibly came into being.
John Ritchey, Luke Easter, Ed Harris and Artie Wilson.
From this photo, one could surmise that there were two very important gentlemen in the background who remained unseen. They were very well known in the sporting world and wielded great influence and power when it came to negotiating contracts, written and verbal, and also when it came to scouts, or agents who acted as “scouts”, and Negro League players looking to break the color line in Major League baseball.
Those two gentlemen were Abe Saperstein and Bill Veeck.
Read the full article here: https://shadowballexpress.wordpress.com/2015/04/19/negro-league-baseball-ed-harris-and-the-pcl/
Originally published: April 19, 2015. Last Updated: April 19, 2015.