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On This Day in Baseball History February 9, 1971: Negro League great and former MLB player Satchel Paige is nominated for Hall of Fame enshrinement via the Hall of Fame's Committee on Negro Baseball Leagues. Paige would become the first former Negro League player to be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame via this committee. He was inducted on August 9, 1971. #SatchelPaige #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackHistory #BlackStudies #AfricanAmericanHistory #AfricanAmericanStudies #BlackBaseball #NegroLeagueBaseball #NegroLeagues #NationalBaseballHallofFame #HallofFamer #BaseballHistory #HistoriaDelBeisbol #Baseball #Beisbol #BaseballSisco https://www.instagram.com/p/Btq9l0SAbo4/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=14z3krjiggy4d

Had the pleasure of briefly meeting Don Newcombe (June 14, 1926 - February 19, 2019) at a Brooklyn Cyclones game a few number of years ago. He was a gentleman in all definitions of the word. ⁣ ⁣ He was also an extraordinary athlete having become the first pitcher to win the National League Newcombe was the first pitcher to win the Rookie of the Year, Most Valuable Player and Cy Young Awards. ⁣ ⁣ May he Rest in Peace.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ #DonNewcombe #Newk #BrooklynDodgers #NationalLeagueROY #NationalLeagueCyYoungAward #NationalLeagueMVP #CincinnatiReds #ClevelandIndians #BlackBaseball #BaseballHistory #HistoriaDelBeisbol #Baseball #Beisbol #BaseballSisco https://www.instagram.com/p/BuE4joBg756/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1jtyoycz80m0o

This World Series between the Boston Red Sox and Los Angeles Dodgers is going to be historic. Two old school franchises who haven't met in the Fall Classic since 1916 when a 21-year old Babe Ruth pitched a complete game and won a 14-inning 2-1 duel against Brooklyn's Sherry Smith (who also pitched 14 innings.) What's historic for today's era of Baseball is that this is the first World Series where both participating teams are managed by minority Managers. Alex Cora of the Red Sox is from Puerto Rico where Dodgers skipper Dave Roberts is half Black and half Japanese. That in itself distinguishes this Fall classic from the first and only meeting in 1916. It should be interesting to see how these two former teammates manage against each other. #2018WorldSeries #2018MLBPostseason #PlayoffBaseball #BostonRedSox #Bosox #LosAngelesDodgers #LosDoyers #AlexCora #PuertoRicanBaseball #BeisbolPuertoriqueño #LatinoBaseball #BeisbolLatino #BeisbolBoriqua #DaveRoberts #AfricanAmericanHistory #BlackHistory #BlackBaseball #BaseballHistory #HistoriaDelBeisbol #Baseball #Beisbol #BaseballSisco https://www.instagram.com/p/BpSVX8NggFj/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1qcz0gcgn9suq

Throughout various social media outlets I've seen people post that Jackie Robinson was the first black player in MLB. That is not true. Many Baseball experts and historians debate the names of Moses "Fleetwood" Walker, William Edward White, Bud Fowler, Sol White and Frank Grant among a few as to who was the first black player in MLB. Jackie Robinson was first in that he was the first black player to break the established color line prohibiting black players from playing in any level of organized baseball affiliated with the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues. Its ironic that a true gentleman in the form of Jackie Robinson broke the so-called "Gentleman's Agreement" by taking the field at Ebbets Field on April 15, 1947. I just wanted to clarify the difference for those who didn't know. https://baseballsiscokidstyle.blogspot.com/2018/04/jackie-robinson-was-not-first-black-to.html Link also in profile. #JackieRobinson #JackieRobinsonDay #MosesFleetwoodWalker #BudFowler #SolWhite #WilliamEdwardWhite #BlackBaseball #BlackHistory #BlackStudies #AfricanAmericanHistory #AfricanStudies #BaseballHistory #HistoriaDelBeisbol #Baseball #Beisbol #BaseballSisco

Mashing the ball out the park like Buck Leonard in anticipation of the start of Spring Training four days away. #BuckLeonard #WalterFennerLeonard #KansasCityMonarchs #BlackHistoryMonth #NegroLeagues #BlackBaseball #SpringTraining2018 #SpringTraining #BaseballisComing #Baseball #Beisbol #BaseballSisco

On This Day in Baseball History: Negro League standout and slugger Josh Gibson (December 21, 1911 - January 20, 1947) often referred to as the "Black Babe Ruth" dies due to complications from a stroke at the age of 35. #JoshGibson #NegroLeagues #NationalNegroLeagues #BlackBabeRuth #HomesteadGrays #PittsburghCrawford #BlackBaseball #AfricanAmericanHistory #AfricanAmericanStudies #BlackHistory #BlackStudies #OnThisDayinBaseballHistory #ThisDayinBaseballHistory #BaseballHistory #HistoriaDelBeisbol #Baseball #Beisbol #BaseballSisco