quote:Originally posted by Kelleygirl: This is a very cool website all about the Black Baseball Leagues. Check out these players who were denied their chance to be in MLB.
In addition to the national Major Leagues, there used to be regional leagues. Joe Dimaggio, for instance, played for the San Francisco Seals in the Pacific Coast League. Also in the league was the famous "Lefty" O'Doul.
The league included both the San Diego Padres and the Los Angeles Angels.
Also barred from Major League Baseball by the "color line" were the Japanese and Americans of Japanese descent, whose teams continued their own league play even when they were confined to the internment camps during WWII. There's probably something about them on the web as well.
Alan Moore
Oh yeah, and one other thing. When was Negro History Week replaced with Black History Month?
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Nice link Kelleygirl. I had heard about this, and I used to have a couple of the Jerseys that I ordered from a catalog. It was amazing at how many people were surprised to know that they were actually real teams. LOL
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Also of interest are the Harlem Globetrotters, who apparently still hold a winning edge over the pro/NBA teams that played them, and the College All Stars, who played against the Trotters for about a decade.
A Few Former Globetrotters
Wilt Chamberlain, NBA, Volleyball, Ladies' Man Bill Cosby, Comedian, Educator, Author Bob Gibson, MLB Earvin "Magic" Johnson, NBA Ferguson Jenkins, MLB
Note: Cosby and Johnson are under lifetime contracts with the Harlem Globetrotters. Johnson played with them after his NBA career, and Cosby in the early 1960s. Chamberlain played with them before his NBA career.
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