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3:09 AM UTC Anthony Castrovince The leaderboards are at once familiar and foreign. We know the names of American and National League legends like Walter Johnson, Babe Ruth and Bob Feller. And of Negro League legends like Bullet Joe Rogan, Turkey Stearnes and Cool Papa Bell. But to see these names unseparated by the sin
On July 4, 1913, Brad Smith, a young Black man from Newport, was chased down the beach by a mob. He fired a shot in self defense changing his life forever.
A ‘Field of Honour’ game played Saturday to honour the provincial champion Chatham Colored All-Stars baseball team turned out to be a gathering of family and…
A ‘Field of Honour’ game played Saturday to honour the provincial champion Chatham Colored All-Stars baseball team turned out to be a gathering of family and…
A ‘Field of Honour’ game played Saturday to honour the provincial champion Chatham Colored All-Stars baseball team turned out to be a gathering of family and…
Mohawk Giants brought Hall of Fame-level talent to Schenectady FacebookTwitterEmail Walter Johnson, one of the greatest pitchers of all time, had one of his greatest seasons in 1913, going 36-7. But that fall, the Mohawk Colored Giants, a Black baseball team in Schenectady, added an unofficial loss to Johnson’s tally when he and an all-white team of major leaguers came to the city as part of a barnstorming tour. Facing Johnson was Giants’ pitcher Frank Wickware, who possessed “one of the fastest fastballs of the era,” according to Steven Rice, a member of the Society for American Baseball Research. Wickware was so confident that he would frequently belittle his opponents’ efforts by calling in his outfielders, reported a 1961 Schenectady Gazette article, “and there is no record that this bit of show-boating ever backfired.”