Top 10 Reasons to play Baseball
Baseball is one of the most popular games in the USA, if not it’s topmost. Successful professional baseball players end up earning millions throughout their career. Clubs earn even more. The sport is played in all cities of the country. In this article, you shall learn why it is so popular. A unique game First […]
Book Review: Color Blind
With the release of the new Jackie Robinson movie, 42, the awareness of the famous story of how Robinson broke the color line in baseball is more rampant than ever. In his new book, Color Blind: The Forgotten Team that Broke Baseball’s Color Line, Tom Dunkel introduces America to a long lost team that once […]
Stupidity Is Better Kept A Secret Than Displayed
DRSEA INFORMER Volume III, Issue 5: A Publication For Your Reading Enjoyment Torii Hunter apparently never read Greek philosopher Heraclitus of Ephesus’ caution on stupidity. The Anaheim Angels center fielder gave new meaning to the phrase “dumb jock” when he claimed that dark-skinned baseball players from the Dominican Republic are not black but “imposters.” “People […]
CD Review: Baseball Songs Sports Heroes 2
Assuming their audiences did not get enough in their first two albums, the song writing team of Joe Pickering Jr. and Phil Coley got together once again to put out yet another compilation of baseball related songs. In their 2006 album, Baseball Songs Sports Heroes 2, the duo teams with a few other musicians to […]
Branch Rickey: An Undercover Social Entrepreneur (Part 2)
Image via Wikipedia The second reason for his breaking of the color line was to demolish some of the barriers of race that were present in the country at the time. Rickey knew that if he could bring Jackie Robinson into the game, he would be able to not only make those in baseball more […]
The History of African Americans in Baseball Part 4
Image via Wikipedia Since that high point in the 1970s, the percentage of African Americans has steadily dropped over the past three decades to just over eight percent in 2008. Many cite the decrease of African Americans in the game as having something to do with the fact that MLB was not doing what they […]
The History of African Americans in Baseball Part 3
Image via Wikipedia Sometimes forgotten in the hype for Robinson was the man to break the color barrier in the American League with the Cleveland Indians, Larry Doby. This fact was even more surprising especially considering the fact that Doby entered during the same season as Robinson, just a couple of months later. This did […]
The History of African Americans in Baseball Part 2
Image via Wikipedia Part 2 of 4 Although it was not well documented, black women even had their time in professional baseball as well when the male major leagues were in turmoil over labor agreements. While they were not accepted into the women’s baseball leagues which is now well known (thanks to the film A […]
The History of African Americans in Baseball
Image via Wikipedia Part 1 of 4 Even before the breaking of the color line, African Americans made baseball part of their lives by establishing very successful leagues of their own, known as the Negro Leagues. Barely anything is made of these leagues today, but obviously there was enough interest in baseball from African Americans […]
