Via The Ringer, commentary on how - as baseball celebrates the trailblazer’s legacy - it’s also placating a president who wants to dismantle everything Jackie stood for: Play a stupid game, get a stupid prize. This is true [...]

Via Medium, commentary on how the Hank Aaron may be underrated both in his ability to play baseball but what he achieved for civil rights and equality: So let's take care of the elephant in the room from the outset. I [...]

Via SI.com, an article on the seventieth anniversary of two Black baseball icons meeting in a history-altering mixed race game in one of the most segregated cities in America: The small room will have to do. The most [...]

Major League Baseball is a headed to Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Alabama, on 20 June to pay tribute to the Negro Leagues and Willie Mays, the legendary Hall of Famer who died Tuesday.  This game is being played to pay tribute [...]