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Black Diamonds

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  • SiriusXM and the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum will present an exclusive new podcast series, Black Diamonds. Hosted by museum president and historian Bob Kendrick, the podcast will showcase the history of the Negro Leagues, highlighting the players, people and events that shaped them, as well as spotlighting the leagues’ achievements and innovations during a time of segregation and inequality. Listeners will hear the stories of baseball legends like Jackie Robinson, Oscar Charleston, Josh Gibson and Satchel Paige, and important figures like Rube Foster, Effa Manley, Buck O’Neil and many more.
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  • BONUS | Full Breakdown of Negro Leagues Stats Entering the Major League Record Books

    BONUS | Full Breakdown of Negro Leagues Stats Entering the Major League Record Books
    Jun 13 2024

    Bob Kendrick reacts to the news of Negro Leagues statistics officially entering the Major League record books, following three years of intensive work by the Negro Leagues Statistical Review Committee. With the accomplishments of more than 2,300 Negro Leagues ballplayers from 1920-1948 being recognized, Bob looks at the path taken to reach the historic announcement, and examines the triumphs of Negro Leagues legends such as Josh Gibson, who becomes the all-time leader in several MLB categories.

    Audio of Ernest Burke courtesy of the University of Baltimore - Negro League Oral History Collection

    Follow Bob Kendrick on Twitter/X - @nlbmprez

    Follow Bob Kendrick on Instagram - @nlbmprez

    To support the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum and preserve the legacy of Buck O'Neil, please visit ThanksAMillionBuck.com

    Visit the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City - NLBM.com

    See and Support the Dream of the NEW Negro Leagues Baseball Museum - Pitch for the Future
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    21 mins
  • BONUS | Sridhar Pappu and Luke Epplin | A Salute to the Black Aces

    BONUS | Sridhar Pappu and Luke Epplin | A Salute to the Black Aces
    Jan 25 2024

    Bob Kendrick joins fans at the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum's "Black Aces" exhibit for an in-depth discussion with two acclaimed authors.

    Sridhar Pappu discusses his book, "The Year of the Pitcher", chronicling Bob Gibson's historic 1968 season, set "against the backdrop of assassinations, while boys boarded planes to Saigon and riots swept through American cities, forever changing the fabric of this country."

    Then Luke Epplin sits down for a conversation about his book, "Our Team", "the story of the integration of the Cleveland Indians and their quest for a World Series title through four key participants: Bill Veeck, an eccentric and visionary owner adept at exploding fireworks on and off the field; Larry Doby, a soft-spoken, hard-hitting pioneer whose major-league breakthrough shattered stereotypes that so much of white America held about Black ballplayers; Bob Feller, a pitching prodigy from the Iowa cornfields who set the template for the athlete as businessman; and Satchel Paige, a legendary pitcher from the Negro Leagues whose belated entry into the majors whipped baseball fans across the country into a frenzy."

    Follow Bob Kendrick on Twitter - @nlbmprez

    Read Siridhar Pappu's "The Year of the Pitcher" - Amazon

    Read Luke Epplin's "Our Team" - Amazon

    To support the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum and preserve the legacy of Buck O'Neil, please visit ThanksAMillionBuck.com

    Visit the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City - NLBM.com

    See and Support the Dream of the NEW Negro Leagues Baseball Museum - Pitch for the Future

    Follow Bob Kendrick on Twitter/X - @nlbmprez

    Follow Bob Kendrick on Instagram - @nlbmprez

    To support the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum and preserve the legacy of Buck O'Neil, please visit ThanksAMillionBuck.com

    Visit the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City - NLBM.com

    See and Support the Dream of the NEW Negro Leagues Baseball Museum - Pitch for the Future
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    1 hr and 38 mins
  • Hall of Game 2023 | Dwight Gooden, Dontrelle Willis, Dave Stewart, Al Downing, Derrick Blue, Greg Proops

    Hall of Game 2023 | Dwight Gooden, Dontrelle Willis, Dave Stewart, Al Downing, Derrick Blue, Greg Proops
    Sep 14 2023

    Join Bob Kendrick and comedian Greg Proops at the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum's 2023 "Hall of Game" ceremony, as they celebrate the induction of the The Black Aces - Five of the 15 Black pitchers in AL/NL history to win 20 games in a Major League season, and five men who carried the spirit and style of the Negro Leagues through their whole career.

    Hear Bob and Greg sit down with the legendary Al Downing (10:43) to talk about his 17-year career, from the 1961 Yankees and the chase for 61, to being a part of Henry Aaron's historic 715. Enjoy Dave Stewart's stories (24:02) of his friend and teammate, the great Mike Norris. Listen to story upon story about the late Vida Blue (42:52) from his son, Derrick. Laugh and learn with the always-hilarious, never-hittable Dontrelle Willis (59:40) as he remembers his career, and thanks his heroes. And experience the thrill of the career that was Dwight Gooden (1:11:05) with the Doc himself.

    Follow Bob Kendrick on Twitter - @nlbmprez

    Follow Greg Proops on Twitter - @GregProops

    To support the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum and preserve the legacy of Buck O'Neil, please visit ThanksAMillionBuck.com

    Visit the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City - NLBM.com

    See and Support the Dream of the NEW Negro Leagues Baseball Museum - Pitch for the Future

    Follow Bob Kendrick on Twitter/X - @nlbmprez

    Follow Bob Kendrick on Instagram - @nlbmprez

    To support the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum and preserve the legacy of Buck O'Neil, please visit ThanksAMillionBuck.com

    Visit the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City - NLBM.com

    See and Support the Dream of the NEW Negro Leagues Baseball Museum - Pitch for the Future
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    1 hr and 29 mins
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A History that needs to be told
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