Baseball fans gathered at Sloss Field in Birmingham for an industrial league game Industrial Baseball Leagues in Alabama Industrial league baseball was a form of semi-professional baseball that developed during the late nineteenth century and became commonplace in Alabama during much of the twentieth century. Companies sponsored the leagues to enhance employee loyalty and provide…
On October 3, 1976, Hank Aaron comes to bat for the final time facing Tiger hurler Dave Roberts. The Milwaukee Brewers’ 42-year-old DH scratches out an infield single before leaving the game for a pinch-runner. Aaron drives in his 2,297th run as the sixth-place Brewers lose to the Tigers 5 – 2. Ironically, Aaron,…
On June 29, 1950, In an effort to thwart the major leagues’ signing of black players, Dr. J.B. Martin, the president of the Chicago American Giants of the Negro American League, instructs manager, Ted “Double Duty” Radcliffe to sign white players. Radcliffe inks three white players, teenagers Lou Chirban, Lou Clarizio and Al Dubetts. Later in the year he will sign at least two others…
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