Back in the time of the Negro Leagues, there was this team, the Indianapolis Clowns. The team was baseball’s version of the Harlem Globetrotters. But there was another team that had a “comical” act. As a “coincidence” the team had the same manager/promoter as the Clowns did: Syd Pollock. This is a piece on how…
I love the pic shown above. It shows Hank Aaron on the left and Willie Mays on the right. This is a picture with some historic significance. It shows two players with uniforms of the towns they started their career at, but uniforms of two totally different clubs. The picture also shows something that I…
The picture shown above made me realize that many Europeans are not aware of the phenomenon barnstorming tour. The two players shown are Satchel Paige (left) and Dizzy Dean. Before Jackie Robinson broke the colour barrier in 1947, black and white players never could face each during regular season games. In first half of the…
