Tag: baseball
UAB baseball player benefits from emergency care after eye injury
By Caleb Jones
American Optometric Association statistics show that about 90 million Americans participate in sports. With any sport, players must assume the risk of injury,...
Legendary Alabama Sportswriter Rubin Grant Honored With 49 Other Icons
Solomon Crenshaw Jr.
For The Birmingham Times
Rubin Grant vividly remembers the advice he received from his city editor during his news writing internship at Montgomery’s...
Majors celebrate 75th anniversary of Jackie Robinson’s debut
By Greg Beacham
AP Sports Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Baseball celebrated the 75th anniversary of the day Jackie Robinson broke the major league color barrier...
Comedian Roy Wood Jr. gives VR equipment to Ramsay High School
By Solomon Crenshaw Jr.
Alabama Newscenter
Comedian Roy Wood Jr. sometimes jokes about his experience as a member of the Ramsay High School baseball team.
Like when he talks about playing...
Birmingham Black Barons Joins Website with All-Time Baseball Greats
By Solomon Crenshaw Jr.
Alabama Newscenter
Barbershop banter about the greatest baseball players ever has more ammunition after Baseball-Reference.com, a Sports Reference website, dramatically expanded its coverage of the Negro...
Negro Southern League Museum Celebrates Jackie Robinson Day Early
By Solomon Crenshaw Jr.
Alabama Newscenter
One day just wasn’t enough to celebrate the man who broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball.
Saturday, officials at the Negro...
Hank Aaron, Baseball Hall of Famer, Dead at 86
MSN News
Hank Aaron, one of the greatest players in baseball history, who smashed Babe Ruth’s all-time home run record in defiance of threats to...
Birmingham to Celebrate 100th Anniversary of The Negro Leagues Jan.17
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The Birmingham Negro Southern League Museum will celebrate the 100th anniversary of The Negro Leagues on Sunday, January 17 beginning at 6:00 p.m.
Due to...
Joy in Birmingham (AL) as Negro Leagues Given Major League Status
Solomon Crenshaw Jr.
For The Birmingham Times
James “Jake” Sanders’s voice was hoarse but that didn’t stop him from expressing his joy that Major League Baseball...
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...