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The "Real" Old Dirty Bastard
by Walik Edwards, BASN Staff writer
Doing several interviews with Negro League ballplayers, no one’s goal was to ever see the Negro Leagues vanish, but there was the goal, to a man, to match up with the White ballplayers, whether it was on a Major League or Negro League field.
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Negro League LogosLeaving An Indelible Mark
by Tony McClean, -- Apr 19, 2012 - 4:23:34 AM
Schools like Morris Brown, Howard, Tuskegee, Clark Atlanta, Wilberforce, and others were the training grounds for some of the elite players in Negro League history.


Negro League A Memorable Classic
by Tony McClean, BASN staff writer -- Apr 18, 2012 - 4:16:00 AM
For fans of Negro League baseball, the summer of '42 was one of the most memorable seasons of all-time. The Kansas Monarchs dominated the West while in the East, the Homestead Grays outlasted the Baltimore Elite Giants to win the Negro National League.


MY LOVE FOR BASEBALL
by Eric D.Graham -- Mar 24, 2012 - 2:13:08 AM
As a child... I loved baseball cards, bubble gum, and my cousin Truman. I loved the 7th inning stretches, extra innings, and doubleheaders. I loved Little League, hotdogs and lacing up my cleats.


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Porter Moss
A Tragic Tale of Prejudice

by Tony McClean, BASN Staff Writer -- Mar 16, 2012 - 4:08:00 AM
His career, which included three trips to the East-West All-Star Classic, began in 1934 with the Cincinnati Tigers. The Tigers, charter members of the Negro American League, were founded by another Cincinnati native DeHart Hubbard, the first black to win a individual gold medal in the Olympics.


History of Negro League Baseball
by Courtesy of the Negro League .com -- Mar 16, 2012 - 4:01:01 AM
Best known to today's baseball world are Hall of Farmers Satchel Paige and Josh Gibson. But as Satchel himself said, "There were many Satchels, many Joshs."


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