Prior to l947 when Jackie Robinson was introduced in the Brooklyn Dodgers- there were Negro Leagues- as Black players were not permitted to play in the majors. There were several outstanding American Indian ballplayers, however in the majors such as Chief Bender. The integration of Baseball- coupled with the wide distribution of television effectively clobbered any audience draw for the Negro Leagues- and by extension the Minor leagues as any serious spectator sport.
He was a Negro League manager. He also had a seat on the Negro League Board.
The Negro League Baseball Team who had the initials BB on their uniforms were the Birmingham Black Barons
It was not different at all just negro is all black
Satchel Paige
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The Negro League was a league founded by Ruth Foster. The Negro League let black people play baseball in their own league. The Negro League was the major league for black people. Most people do not believe this but the Negro League was rougher than the major league back around the 1900s. When Ruth Foster died the Negro League shut down. A few years later Gus Greenlee took over the Negro League. He was a manager of a team. He had the team with Sachel Paige on it. If you weren't aware he was the best Negro baseball player.
The most famous negro league players were pitcher Satchell Paige and catcher Josh Gibson.
The negro leauges brought over the idea of night games by introducing lighting syytems to staduims
A former Negro League baseball player.
yes
yes he was
Possibly Navarro