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Hank Aaron, who overcame racism to become baseball s home run king, dies at 86

Hank Aaron, who overcame racism to become baseball s home run king, dies at 86
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Hank Aaron made his mark in Arkansas

Hank Aaron made his mark in Arkansas Share Updated: 10:31 AM CST Jan 22, 2021 Share Updated: 10:31 AM CST Jan 22, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript WEBVTT CAROLINAS INTERNATIONAL PREPARATORY SCHOOL, WE SALUTE YOU TODAY. GEOFF: THANK YOU. IT S TIME NOW FOR YOUR WYFF NEWS 4 TIMELINE, ON THIS APRIL 8. ON THIS DATE IN 1974, HANK AARON BECAME MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL S ALL-TIME HOME RUN LEADER. HE HIT HIS 715TH CAREER HOME RUN TO LEFT FIELD, AND FENDED OFF WELL-WISHERS AS HE ROUNDED THE BASES. BETH: HE ALSO FENDED OFF DEATH THREATS AS HE APPROACHED THE RECORD SET BY BABE RUTH. AARON RETIRED WITH 756 CAREER HOME RUNS. TRACKING THE COVID-19 VACCINE

Kansas City T-Bones renamed Monarchs in move to honor Negro League team

Kansas City T-Bones renamed Monarchs in move to honor Negro League team KANSAS CITY, Mo. The Kansas City T-Bones of the independent American Association are being renamed the Kansas City Monarchs after the team that played in the Negro Leagues. The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum signed a licensing agreement with Mark Brandmeyer s MaxFun Entertainment, owner of the minor league team. The original Monarchs were founded in 1920 and won the first Negro League World Series in 1924. The team played in the Negro National League from 1920 to 1931 and the Negro American League from 1937 to 1961, with independent stints from 1932 to 1936 and 1962 to 1965.

Negro Leagues roots: Kansas City T-Bones renamed Monarchs

“This exciting partnership celebrates Kansas City’s rich baseball heritage and becomes an important extension of the work we’re doing to educate the public about the history of the Negro Leagues,” Negro Leagues Baseball Museum Bob Kendrick said in a statement Thursday. “We are thrilled that the proud legacy of the great Kansas City Monarchs will take the field again and look forward to sharing our story through a myriad of opportunities made possible through this historic alliance.” A museum satellite exhibit is planned to travel with the team, which intends to establish a Monarchs youth academy for baseball and softball.

King of Sluggers: Josh Gibson s Legacy | Pittsburgh Magazine

King of Sluggers: Josh Gibson’s Legacy A century has passed since the founding of the Negro Leagues, and the great-grandson of the game’s most feared yet forgotten hitter is fighting for the recognition of Pittsburgh’s Black baseball history. November 11, 2020 PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY CHUCK BEARD He has a set of hands that could wrap around the trunk of a Southern Live Oak the state tree of his native Georgia and a pair of forearms that could snap one in half. It’s sometime in the 1930s in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh when he steps up to the plate and bashes a baseball that clears the ivy-veiled outfield walls of Forbes Field and soars into oblivion. The following day his Pittsburgh Crawfords are playing in Philadelphia, and from out of nowhere, a baseball falls from the heavens and lands into the glove of a surprised center fielder. The umpire points to the twenty-something kid named Josh Gibson and shouts, Yer out yesterday in Pittsburgh.

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