“If I’da known he was gonna throw one, I’da thrown one, too,” Dizzy Dean told reporters after his brother Paul tossed a no-hitter in the nightcap of a double header 86 years ago this week, allowing three fewer hits than Diz had in the opener. Mike and Bill look back at the larger than life Diz and the exactly as large as life Paul, their nomadic upbringing, their domination of the National League, and their rapid declines. Plus, happy birthday to Hubie Brooks and Tom Tresh!
At Rickwood Field, the Birmingham police bar three white players of the Chicago American Giants from playing in a Negro American League doubleheader against the Birmingham Black Barons. The local officers met Ted Radcliffe at the gate, informing the visiting manager that his ‘non-black’ players will have to watch the game from the ‘white only’ grandstand, due to the city’s segregation laws.
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August 7, 1950
