Article: AFTER 'BIG LEAGUE' BASEBALL WAS INTEGRATED: The 'Great Experiment'

Article: Major leagues to license Negro ...
Jet;  December 6, 1993 ;     625 words ... ... back to the men who toiled in the Negro Leagues. The league revealed plans to introduce a pro bono Negro Leagues licensing program, contributing ... Negro Leaguer, merchandise to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, the Jackie Robinson ...

Article: You're never too old to learn The major leagues are ...
Chicago Sun-Times;  August 3, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... wanted to know about the Negro Leagues, so I toured the museum ... existing records about the Negro Leagues. That way, at least ... in Cooperstown. The major leagues are all about numbers ... comparisons among eras. The Negro Leagues are an oral history ...

Article: History preserved in Kansas City with Negro Leagues ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  September 19, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... newspapers reported on the major leagues and black newspapers on the Negro Leagues. Many whites never ... difficult to judge how the Negro Leagues compared with the major leagues in the 1940s and `50s, but these Negro Leagues Baseball Museum statistics ...

Article: Baseball's Other All-Stars: The Greatest Players from the ...
Nine;  September 22, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... greatest home run hitter in the Major Leagues, Negro Leagues, Minor Leagues, and Japan ... are knowledgeable about the Major Leagues and have at least a nodding acquaintance with the Negro Leagues. His central purpose is to ...

Article: White Sox salute players of former Negro leagues
Chicago Sun-Times;  May 1, 1992 ;     700+ words ... ... the history of the Negro leagues, which were formed ... excluded from the major leagues because of racial ... players from the Negro leagues," Thomas said ... have played in the major leagues. The Negro leagues were a sign of the ...

Article: Why The Negro Leagues Still Matter
Tennessee TRIBUNE, The;  June 2, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... Playing in the Negro Leagues in the 1930s ... catcher in the major leagues was only 209 until ... my mind that the Negro Leagues were on the same par as the Major Leagues. In a lot of instances, the Negro Leagues were better and ...

Article: BRIEFLY : NEGRO LEAGUES PLAYERS GET ...
Daily News (Los Angeles, CA);  January 20, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... about two dozen other former Negro Leagues players will become eligible ... spending several seasons in the Negro Leagues, Jethroe spent 3 years, 17 ... of four years or more in the major leagues and Negro Leagues combined. ``On Dr. King ...