Feb 28, 2019
Last week, the baseball world suffered an incalculable loss, as pioneering African-American pitcher Don Newcombe passed away at the age of 92. Mike and Bill look at the iconic Dodger's admittedly rocky life, as his incredible talent and good nature were drained by alcoholism before he recovered to devote the rest of his...
Feb 21, 2019
We know that, even after Jackie Robinson's debut, Major League Baseball didn't integrate all at once. In fact, one of the last groups to integrate were the umpires, when Emmett Ashford took the field for the first time, 53 years ago this week(ish). Mike and Bill look back at his life and career, describe his...
Feb 13, 2019
There were African-Americans playing baseball long before Rube Foster was born and long after he died, but none of them had as big an impact on the structure of the game in the black community. Mike and Bill trace the early history of the sport among black Americans before digging into Foster's life, and how he was...
Feb 7, 2019
There's no denying Rod Carew was one of the best players of the 1970s and hitters of the 20th century. So why would the Twins trade him 40 years ago this week? The answer begins in a small Minnesota town and ends with Carew being sent to the Angels in one of the saddest trades in Minnesota history. Mike and Bill dig...