Black Baseball in Living Color | The Story of the Negro Leagues

This needs to be a series on Netflix, or Prime, or broadcast TV, or something. There is drama, thrill, and I'm sure comedy. Someone could make it fun and entertaining.

Thank you for making this video. I have been talking about the Negro leagues for over 25 years and I’m only 48 years old but I always tell people that these were some of the best players in the world let alone on American soil. Every spring and summer I wear my collection of Negro League jerseys and hats at Oakland A’s games, or any given day of the week and share the history with whoever walks up and ask.

I am Puerto Rican, and been born in an Island that gave you great baseball players, I am always found the Negro League very interesting and its players that partake on it. Do wished more of it was mainstream but this will do. Great stuff.

Wow - what an eye opener! I knew alot about the Negro leaques from my Grandfather who attended their games when he was a kid in the 1920’s and 30’s, but never did i know black players were playing in the 1800’s!✅

Put some Respect on it!🎉🎉🎉

Well done! Sir! Well done.

Incredible quality production!

Thank you! Very well done⚾️❤️

Great job. I learned something today. I will look for the book.

You’re crying , I’m not💪🏾💪🏾✊✊👏, I’ll teach this to my kids one day .

As a lifelong Tigers fan - my favorite player was Lou Whitaker as a kid - I've always wondered how the Negro League players would've faired against the MLBers of the early 20th century. I really believe MLB is robbing itself and it's fans of the potential greatness it could achieve, not to mention popularity, if it did a better job focusing on the African American youth living in America's inner cities and marketing it to them. Growing up in the 1980s, MLB was a true joy to watch! The best players were black, and that's not even debatable. Guys like Doc Gooden, Lee Smith, Andre Dawson, Tim Raines, Darryl Strawberry, Barry Larkin, Lou Whitaker, Dave Stewart, and the list goes, made the game what it was -- America's Game!!! Since we've lost the African American youth to the NBA and NFL, MLB has suffered in popularity and in quality. Don't get me wrong, I still love the game. And I can't imagine how bad the game would be without all the great Latino players it currently celebrates, and now even great players from the far east like Ichiro and Otani are dominating and adding to its fan base worldwide. But as a Caucasian American, it saddens me to our beloved game becoming less and less popular here in the states. And u believe it's mainly because it no longer appeals to it's African American fans, because they no longer see any of their heros playing it.

They played in major league stadiums, when their team were on the road. 8/20/1948 Indians vs Chicago 78,382 fans Satchel Paige pitching

Ok thank u for the explanation now it makes sense

Greatness 🌹 🌹

Great learning about the Great Baseball players History tells it all. I meant to say Black Players so much Skill, I love Our People !🤔💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕

My grandfather Carlee from Mississippi told me he played first Base on a negroe baseball league. He was said that it ended

This was tremendous!

im around 10 minutes in. just wanted to stop & say this is sooooooo good. my mouth is watering like good food. 🤪🤪

I've made a list of every Negro League Baseball Team that I can find/I'm slowly buying replica jerseys.

Great work