2023-10-31 21:13
Of the one
hundred former Major League or Negro League professional baseball players who
played life’s last inning in 2022, six played for the Kansas
City Athletics. Three played under… Read More
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Promoting the unshakable historical connection of African Americans to baseball
2023-06-19 20:36
In 2022, one
hundred former Major League or Negro League professional baseball players died.
This group that played life’s last inning included Hall of Fame pitcher Gaylord
Perry… Read More
2023-04-05 01:09
This month I will teach the following class for the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at The University of Kansas: History of the Kansas City Athletics 1955 - 1967.The franchise was a… Read More
2022-08-02 00:33
In the last National League season of the 1950’s, the 1959 pennant winner had to be determined by a best of two out of three playoff between the Milwaukee Braves and the Los Ange… Read More
2022-06-07 21:33
After a lockout of the players that lasted all off season and bitter labor negotiations that cut short Spring Training, the Major League Baseball owners and the Players’ Association ap… Read More
2022-03-22 19:01
The names on the Baseball Hall of Fame Golden Age Committee’s ballot considered for the Class of 2022 induction on July 24 brings back memories of the 1964 Major League season. That ye… Read More
2022-01-20 22:29
Last month on December 5, five former baseball players received the necessary votes to be a part of the National Baseball Hall of Fame’s Class of 2022. The Hall’s Early Baseball… Read More
2021-12-03 22:42
Seven former players from the Negro League baseball era are on the ballot that will be considered by the National Baseball Hall of Fame’s Early Baseball Era Committee on this coming Su… Read More
2021-10-23 15:43
This is a basketball history course I will teach via Zoom for the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Kansas on October 29, November 5 & 12.“Holiday College Bask… Read More
2021-06-29 00:37
Ernie Banks & Gene BakerShortstop Ernie Banks and 2nd Baseman Gene Baker were the first African American infield double play duo in Major League baseball. From 1954 - 1956, they we… Read More
2021-01-19 01:56
I will teach an online course for the spring session of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Kansas. The course, "Dawning of a New Day: The 1950's Racial Integrat… Read More
2020-10-23 02:34
In November I will teach the following course via Zoom for the University of Kansas Osher Lifelong Learning Institute’s Fall Session: The Negro National League: A Journey T… Read More
2020-10-22 01:46
The focus for my blog posts during this COVID 19 shortened 2020 Major League baseball season has been baseball time capsules from the 1950s. During that decade, the pace of integration… Read More
2020-09-03 18:52
The focus for my blog posts during this COVID 19 shortened 2020 Major League baseball season has been baseball time capsules from the 1950s. During that decade, the pace of integration in t… Read More
2020-07-02 01:43
The focus for my blog posts during this COVID 19 shortened 2020 Major League baseball season is a baseball time capsule from the 1950s. During that decade, the pace of integration in t… Read More
2020-05-28 19:42
It now appears that despite the current COVID-19 pandemic, there will still be a 2020 Major League Baseball season. The number of games that will be played and other details will be ann… Read More
2020-05-02 19:25
One way the cable sports networks are trying to help sports fans cope with the cancellation of professional and other sporting events due to the COVID- 19 pandemic is re-broadcasting key gam… Read More
2020-04-08 01:43
Due to the current global COVID- 19 pandemic, I have been reluctant to post on my blog. A blog post about baseball history seems very trivial when compared to the spread of the deadly… Read More
2020-01-29 21:54
There were three former Major League baseball players I need to mention who died in 2019.One is Hall of Fame (1986) outfielder Frank Robinson, the first African American baseball superstar w… Read More
2020-01-07 22:18
HAPPY NEW YEAR!It is not only the start of a new year, 2020; but also a new decade. Whether you are continuing the weekend celebration of the beginning of both or putting the finishing… Read More
2019-11-19 21:47
A major mews media story line about the Washington Nationals’ 2019 World Series is the team’s ending of a 95 year drought of no World Series championship for Washington D. C. bas… Read More
2019-11-04 19:18
Congratulations to the Washington Nationals, the 2019 Major League Baseball World Series Champions! With their 6 – 2 win in Game Seven over the Houston Astros, the Nationals become the… Read More
2019-09-10 18:24
Following are the remaining 10 of my Twitter posts, Kevin L. Mitchell @Lasttraintocoop, I began this past spring on Negro League baseball managers. Three played on Negro League Basebal… Read More
2019-08-29 01:39
This past spring on Twitter, follow me at Kevin L. Mitchell @Lasttraintocoop, I began posting a series of tweets about Negro League baseball managers through the last of July Starting… Read More
2019-06-05 21:28
Last fall I had a series of Twitter posts, Kevin L. Mitchell@Lasttraintocoop, listing Negro League Second Basemen. In last week’s blog I listed ten of those posts. Followin… Read More
2019-05-28 17:47
Last fall on Twitter, follow me at Kevin L. Mitchell @Lasttraintocoop, I posted a series of tweets about Negro League baseball second basemen.Frank Grant, inducted in 2006, is the only forme… Read More
2019-03-25 04:52
This is the second part of my tribute to Frank Robinson, my personal favorite baseball player who died of bone cancer this past February 7th. In remembering him, I will always think ab… Read More
2019-03-09 01:23
From 1959 – 1962 there were two Major League All-Star Games played with most of the revenue from the second going for players’ pension fund. During the telecast of the seco… Read More
2019-02-01 01:28
A BELATED HAPPY NEW YEAR! Before getting further into 2019, I need to briefly mention the Negro League players who took the field for the last inning of life’s game in 2018. &hell…Read More
2018-12-18 01:07
As I mentioned in my last blog post, many times I have been the fan of the team that lost the World Series. I called those painfully disappointing losses my World Series nightmares.&nb&hell…Read More
2018-11-30 00:50
Being a fan of the team that loses the baseball World Series is a disappointing experience. It is a deeper frustration than your favorite football team losing the Super Bowl. That… Read More
2018-11-08 19:37
From March through June on Twitter, follow me at Kevin L. Mitchell @LastTraintocoop,I wrote about Negro League Baseball catchers.Currently there are four former Negro League catchers in the… Read More
2018-10-22 21:35
This is the second part of my tribute to Ed Charles a baseball player I admired during the 1960s when he played with the Kansas City A’s. I discovered this summer that Charles di… Read More
2018-09-20 18:37
For the past months I have juggled coaching a baseball team of eight to twelve years old kids while teaching a course on the history of Negro League baseball; “Negro League Baseball:&n&hell…Read More
2018-08-02 00:31
Nate Colbert of the San Diego Padres tied a Major League record on August 1, 1972 by hitting five home runs in doubleheader. The story surrounding the first baseman’s feat reflec… Read More
2018-07-30 21:43
Last month, I taught a course for the summer 2018 session of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Kansas. Entitled, " Negro League Baseball: The D… Read More
2018-05-28 21:24
Since the beginning of March on Twitter (follow me at Kevin L. Mitchell @Lasttraintocoop) I have been tweeting about Negro League baseball catchers. If you have been reading my blog pos… Read More
2018-04-25 20:17
The inclement weather ten days ago on Sunday, April 15, tried to put a damper on Major League Baseball’s Jackie Robinson Day celebrations. All Major League players wore numb… Read More
2018-03-27 01:09
I watched the film documentary “Tell Them We Are Rising” on my local Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) station February 19th. It detailed the history of Historically Black… Read More
2018-03-06 01:43
Curt Roberts 1956 Pittsburgh PiratesThis is the second part of my previous blog post on the process of racially integrating professional baseball coinciding with the beginning of the Civil R… Read More
2018-02-23 01:34
Roberto ClementeJackie Robinson’s erasing of the color line in 1947 to become the first African American to play Major League in the 20th Century began the process of racially integrat… Read More
2018-02-08 18:41
There were three former Major League baseball players who died in 2017 that I would like to mention. None of them had their beginning in Negro League baseball. One is the first o… Read More
2018-01-31 06:28
Before getting further into 2018, I need to briefly mention the Negro League players who took the field for the last inning of life’s game in 2017. The lives on each one I name i… Read More
2018-01-24 00:22
Although it is 23 days into 2018, this blog post is still necessary. Thanks to everyone who supported The Baseball Scroll in 2017. Your visits to my web site and the feedback you… Read More
2018-01-15 19:43
In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King's birthday celebration today, I have repeated below my 1/15/17 ; "Dr. Martin Luther King, Baseball, & Jackie Robinson". &nbs&hell…Read More
2018-01-06 20:55
The following is the repeat of my March 29, 2016 blog post entitled “Earl Battey and the Great Year for African American Catchers – 1963”. Earl Battey, born January 5… Read More
2017-12-24 01:38
Below is a re-post, of my 2016 birthday tribute to Harry “Suitcase” Simpson (“Why Harry “Suitcase” Simpson Has a Place in My Heart”). I did acknowle… Read More
2017-12-07 01:26
The 2017 Baseball Winter Meetings are scheduled for December 10 – 14 in Orlando, Florida. Baseball fans will be looking on with anticipation for any trades or free agent signings… Read More
2017-12-02 01:53
The Houston Astros have been crowned World Series champions bringing to an end the 2017 Major League baseball season. Now begins the “hot stove league”, the name often refe… Read More
2017-11-30 00:41
To order for your holiday shopping gift list click here: Last Train to Cooperstown Read More
2017-11-21 02:46
One of the many topics of discussion by sportscasters during the recently completed 2017 World Series involved Los Angeles Dodgers’ right fielder Yasiel Puig. The club is still h… Read More
2017-11-15 02:41
The Houston Astros are the 2017 World Series champions!!! After all the adversity the residents of Houston and the surrounding communities have experienced due to Hurricane Harve… Read More
2017-11-02 21:22
"Last Train to Cooperstown" The perfect gift for the sports fans on your holiday shopping list.Click on the following to order Last Train to Cooperstown Read More
2017-11-01 01:41
The World Series is the most anticipated event and the most exciting time of the season for baseball fans. The American and National League pennant winners clash in what is traditional… Read More
2017-10-18 01:46
I did not totally forget to acknowledge the birthday of Negro League outfielder Pete Hill last week, born October 12, 1882. If you follow me on Twitter, @Lasttraintocoop, you saw my tw… Read More
2017-09-28 21:07
The purpose of the postings on my blog and website is to promote the unshakable historical connection of African Americans to the sport of baseball. Although I earnestly try to verify… Read More
2017-09-20 21:18
Edsall "Big" Walker Last Friday I failed to give notice of Edsall Walker’s birthday. Born September 15, 1913 in Catskill, New York, … Read More
2017-09-03 19:31
This past Monday I acknowledged on Twitter the birth date of former Negro League pitcher Bob Trice, born 8/28/26 in Newton, Georgia. Bob Trice has a place in baseball history as… Read More
2017-08-02 17:03
African American players were not welcome in professional baseball prior to the beginning of the 20th Century due to racial prejudice and discrimination. However, the “invisible… Read More
2017-07-28 00:02
The following is an excerpt from my book Last Train in Cooperstown: The 2006 Baseball Hall of Fame Inductees from the Negro League Baseball Era, which contains a profile of the Hall of… Read More
2017-07-06 21:43
Yesterday marked the 70thanniversary; July 5, 1947, of former Negro League star and baseball Hall of Fame centerfielder Larry Doby’s Major League debut. Less than three months ea… Read More
2017-06-28 00:01
Willard Brown, born 6/26/15, is said to have fit the bill of what is called a “five tool” baseball player. A superb fielding outfielder; Brown ran the bases with blazing sp… Read More
2017-06-20 19:24
Cumberland “Cum” Willis Posey, born June 20, 1891 began his baseball career playing with a black team in his hometown of Homestead, Pennsylvania; the Homestead Grays in 1911.&nbs&hell…Read More
2017-06-15 17:29
King Solomon “Sol” White wrote about the plight of the late 19th Century and early 20th Century African-American professional baseball player, of which he himself experienced.&nb&hell…Read More
2017-05-24 00:25
Due to my efforts towards organizing the youth baseball team I will coach this summer, I failed to timely recognize the birth date of former Negro League and Major League player Robert (Bob)… Read More
2017-05-08 01:12
John L. Gray and Haley Young, Jr. both played baseball one season with the Indianapolis Clowns during the final years of the Negro League baseball era. Last month on April 7, I w… Read More
2017-04-26 17:47
Due to being shut down the last few days by a bad cold, I failed to acknowledge the birthday of Negro League left-handed pitcher Andy Cooper. Born April 24, 1898 in Waco… Read More
2017-03-31 19:06
Teammates would say when Negro League power hitter George “Mule” Suttles, born March 31, 1900 or 1901, swung his bat at a pitch they could feel the earth shake. “Kick… Read More
2017-03-28 18:22
Effa Manley, born March 27, 1897, is the only woman elected into the National Baseball Hall of Fame; class of 2006. Mrs. Manley and her husband Abe were the owners of the Newark Eagles… Read More
2017-03-23 01:23
Born March 22, 1921 in Whiteland, Indiana, George Daniel Crowe always declared basketball as his favorite sport. Named Indiana’s “Mr. Basketball” his senior year in h… Read More
2017-03-20 05:54
On March 18 or 19, 1942 two African Americans appeared at the Chicago White Sox training camp in Pasadena, California requesting an opportunity to win a spot on the team’s roster. &hell…Read More
2017-03-15 16:42
I have not published this post in three years. It is an example of how one quirk of fate can have tremendous impact on baseball careers.On March 13, 1954 during an exhibition game… Read More
2017-03-14 01:23
The baseball career of James Buster “Buzz” Clarkson, born 2/13/18 in Hopkins, South Carolina, covered a large amount of ground; not much different than his Negro League contempor… Read More
2017-03-13 02:17
If you have been reading my blog for a while, you will recognize this post. It is one I have done the last few years on this calendar day commemorating Lyman Wesley Bostock, born March… Read More
2017-03-06 21:38
Walter “Rev” Cannady’s twenty-four years (1921 – 1945) Negro League baseball journey encompassed nine cities and included him playing for fourteen teams. Born o… Read More
2017-02-27 06:30
In celebration of Black History Month, here is Today’s Negro League Baseball History Fact: Eddie Dwight.Eddie Dwight kneeling first right to leftBorn in Dalton, Georgia on Februa… Read More
2017-02-25 02:07
In celebration of Black History Month, here is Today’s Negro League Baseball History Fact: John Henry RussellAlthough primarily a second baseman, John Henry Russell’s versa… Read More
2017-02-23 06:05
In celebration of Black History Month, here is Today’s Negro League Baseball History Fact: Charlie Peete.Born February 22, 1929 in Franklin, Virginia; Peete had a short and unpro… Read More
2017-02-22 02:32
In celebration of Black History Month, here is Today’s Negro League Baseball History Fact: Bill Cash.Born February 21, 1919 in Round Oak, Georgia; William (Bill) “Ready&rdq&hell…Read More
2017-02-21 02:50
In celebration of Black History Month, here is Today’s Negro League Baseball History Fact: Henry Kimbro. Born 2/19/12 in Nashville, Tennessee, Henry Kimbro spent the prime years… Read More
2017-02-15 22:51
In celebration of Black History Month, here is Today’s Negro League Baseball History Fact: Frank DuncanFrank Duncan spent 20 of his 28 years (1920 – 1948) in Negro League b… Read More
2017-02-15 22:17
In celebration of Black History Month, here is Today’s Negro League Baseball History Fact: James “Cool Papa” Bell.On February 13, 1974; Negro League outfielder James… Read More
2017-02-14 06:36
In his sixteen year baseball career (1921 – 1937) Paul “Country Jake” Stephens; born February 10, 1900 in Pleasureville, Pennsylvania, played with some of the best teams in… Read More
2017-02-08 02:20
Jackie Robinson crashed through Major League baseball’s closed door for African American and Hispanic ballplayers in 1947. In order for baseball’s “great experiment&r&hell…Read More
2017-02-07 01:28
Happy Birthday Henry Aaron!Yesterday marked the eighty-third birthday of the Hall of Fame (inducted in 1982) outfielder. Born February 5, 1934 in Mobile, Alabama; Aaron signed wit… Read More
2017-02-03 18:13
Check out my live interview yesterday discussing "Last Train to Cooperstown" on the podcast for BASEBALLHAPPENINGS.NET. Baseball Happenings: Baseball Happenings Podcast: Kevin L. Mitch… Read More
2017-01-31 05:43
Today is for long time Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodger baseball fans, like James O’Berry in Houston, to celebrate the birthday of two players who were on a World Series Champion Dodger tea… Read More
2016-12-18 01:31
Past feature articles, game summaries, and game box scores of African-American newspapers indicate there were at least 29 no-hitters thrown in Negro League baseball. Most notably there… Read More
2016-10-28 20:09
To honor Ernie “Mr. Cub” Banks who died in January last year, I hope the Chicago Cubs will overcome decades of frustration and defeat the Cleveland Indians in this year’s W… Read More
2016-09-26 21:00
Due to a childhood injury of his left arm, naturally left handed Larry Nathaniel Kimbrough learned to equally use his right hand. Born, September 23, 1923 in Philadelphia, PA., Kimbrou… Read More
2016-09-05 00:37
William McKinley Cornelius was not a famous, well known Negro League baseball player. Born September 3, 1906 in Atlanta, Georgia; Cornelius said his mother gave him the nickname &ldquo&hell…Read More
2016-07-30 01:27
Coaching two teams in a machine-pitch league for 6 - 10 year olds has resulted in me falling behind on my blog post this summer. However, after hearing about what happened to Joe… Read More
2016-07-01 22:05
Due to coaching two teams in a machine pitch baseball league,6 – 10 year old future stars learning the basic fundamentals of the game, I have fallen behind on my blog postings thi… Read More
2016-06-17 19:31
Based on the historical information I have read, many times on this blog I have stated it appears the slow progress of integration in Major League baseball during the 1950s hindered the care… Read More
2016-06-06 20:28
“Smokey” Joe Williams, Leon Day, Hilton Smith, and other fantastic pitchers who toiled their entire careers in the Negro Leagues never received the opportunity to appear on profe… Read More
2016-05-25 19:06
2016-04-19 21:51
Please excuse the tardiness of this blog post. In my effort to assemble a team to play in the Satchel Paige Division (age 11 - 12) of the RBI (Reviving Baseball in the Inter-City) prog… Read More
2016-03-29 20:54
2016-03-15 20:33
Today’s guest is Douglas M. Branson, author of the new book, Greatness in the Shadows: Larry Doby and the Integration of the American League, (University of Nebraska Press). Curr… Read More
2016-03-11 02:34
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