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His connection to the Miami Marlins precedes this team’s existence. Here’s his story
Miami Herald via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoAs a line snaked down the hallway Sunday with fans waiting patiently to enter the Marlins Museum and...
Some 75 years after Satchel Paige debut, salute to ‘Black Aces’ asks what might’ve been
Kansas City Star via Yahoo Canada News· 12 months agoSeventy-five years ago, Satchel Paige became the oldest rookie in MLB history and helped Cleveland...
Why Baseball Doc ‘Saint of Second Chances’ Is Making Grown Men Cry
The Daily Beast via Yahoo Canada News· 10 months agoNetflix“The most beautiful thing is a ballpark filled with people,” says the late Bill Veeck in an...
Mike Veeck Opens Up on 1979 White Sox Riot, His Daughter's Death in 'Saint of Second Chances'...
People via Yahoo Canada News· 10 months agoWatch Charlie Day recreate the most eventful moments of Veeck's life in the film's trailer,...
‘The Saint of Second Chances’ Review: A Sports Doc That Takes Pride in the Comeback
The Wrap via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoLife is, thankfully for us, full of second chances. Humans are forever figuring out how to get it...
How Morgan Neville Turned a Friendship With Baseball Promoter Mike Veeck Into a Boundary-Stretching...
Variety via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoIn Netflix’s “The Saint of Second Chances,” Academy Award winner Morgan Neville (“20 Feet From...
Sam Pollard and Questlove Have Another Piece of Forgotten American History to Show You
Indiewire via Yahoo Canada News· 12 months agoIf you didn’t grow up in Pittsburgh (which boasted rival baseball greats the Homestead Grays and the...
'We may wake up some morning with no ball club': Integration assured demise of Negro league baseball
USA TODAY Sports via Yahoo Canada Sports· 1 year agoIn February for Black History Month, USA TODAY Sports is publishing the series "28 Black Stories in...
The Night Rock Fans Rioted to Kill Disco—at a Chicago Baseball Game
The Daily Beast via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoPhoto Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/GettyAs Chicago shock jock Steve Dahl drove...
The Baseball Hall of Fame is turning into Banana Land
Associated Press via Yahoo Canada News· 10 months agoThe Baseball Hall of Fame is going Bananas. An exhibit dedicated to the sport's wackiest team, the...