We have a name change for the Kansas City T-Bones (independent; American Association), as the team rebrands as the Kansas City Monarchs in a partnership with the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. (more…)
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MLB raises Negro Leagues to Major League status
MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred today announced the elevation of the seven Negro Leagues to Major League status, continuing the game’s 2020 celebration of the creation of the Negro National League in 1920. (more…)
100 years later, Negro Leagues legacies still emerging
A century after Rube Foster gathered his fellow team owners at the Kansas City YMCA to form the Negro National League, the broader legacy of the Negro Leagues and its forgotten stars is still being written. (more…)
St. Louis’s Stars Park to be remembered
Another former Negro Leagues ballpark will be remembered, as Stars Park, former home of the St. Louis Stars of the Negro National League, will be highlighted in a partnership between the St. Louis Cardinals and Harris-Stowe State University. (more…)
Ballpark Digest Broadcaster Chat for June 30, 2020
Jesse Goldberg-Strassler, Mick Gillispie and Kevin Reichard tip their hats to the 100th anniversary of the Negro Leagues, discuss how MLB should be broadcasting games from empty ballparks, and why submariners are so hard to hit in this week’s Ballpark Digest Broadcaster Chat. (more…)
Fundraising continues for Hamtramck Stadium restoration
Though Tiger Stadium dominates discussion of Detroit’s endangered ballparks, there’s another old ballpark also worthy of attention: Hamtramck Stadium, former home to the Detroit Stars of the Negro National League. We’ve written about Hamtramck Stadium before; in 2012 it received a designation on the National Register of Historic Places. Built by businessman John Roesink in 1930 as […]
Hamtramck Stadium receives historic designation
Hamtramck Stadium in Detroit, once home to the Detroit Stars of the Negro National League, has received designation on the National Register of Historic Places. Built by businessman John Roesink in 1930 as the home of the Stars, the ballpark still exists but isn’t used for baseball. However, the original grandstand (enhanced in 1940 with WPA […]