In the tight-knit Black baseball community in Atlanta, word of Church’s live arm quickly got back to former MLB pitcher Marvin Freeman, who runs a baseball-related youth foundation and is key in ...

Many were accomplished on the mound. Don Newcombe was the first Black pitcher to win 20 games in a season, in 1951. After Newcombe did it two additional times, in 1955 and 1956, Sam Jones joined ...

Major League Baseball celebrates the 69th anniversary Friday of Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier, and while the number of African-American players on teams remain near historic low ...

When looking back on his baseball career, senior pitcher James Vaughn realized that he “never played with that many Black kids” after playing with his inaugural team in the Harlem Little League. “The ...

Donation Options Search Search Search New Baseball Hall of Famer CC Sabathia, shown in a 2023 file photo, paid homage to the Black pitchers that came before him. George Walker IV/AP Share It was ...

A former Negro Leagues standout, he was the first Black pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals. Yet that’s just a part of his story. He fought at Iwo Jima and he fought for civil rights in the South.

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*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. The reverend said “dignity” with reverence and emphasis — “Dig. Ni. Ty.” — with each syllable pointed, as if to ...

Back in high school in Atlanta, a buddy challenged Marc Church, a shortstop, that he couldn’t hit 88 mph off the mound in a game as a pitcher. Threw down $50 to back it up. Share this article ...