Tag: Negro Leagues
MLB reclassifies Negro Leagues as major league
Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Willie Mays will add some hits to his record, Monte Irvin’s big league batting average should climb over .300...
99-year-old Negro League player, among oldest living, attends baseball reunion in...
By Solomon Crenshaw Jr.
For The Birmingham Times
Dozens of Negro League baseball players gathered in Birmingham for their annual reunion recently. Among them was 99-year-old...
Opera tells story of Negro Leagues’ baseball star Josh Gibson
By Beth J. Harpaz
AP Travel Editor
An opera about Negro Leagues' baseball star Josh Gibson, whose power hitting rivaled Babe Ruth’s, will have its world...