MLB, MLBPA announce $2 million grant to Negro Leagues Baseball Museum to help preserve vital baseball history
"The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, as an institution, serves as a beacon of education and enlightenment."
"The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, as an institution, serves as a beacon of education and enlightenment."
"I just cannot simply believe that there was malice intended even though there was malice felt."
The last couple of years have seen an incredible surge of interest in the Negro Leagues and the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, and a front-page USA Today front-page story on the museum and CEO Bob Kendrick adds to that.
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"I think that’s a good thing. It recognizes guys who played way back. I’m talking a lot of good ballplayers. These are just numbers now. There’s more to it. They were never part of the league."
"All I’m asking for is fairness, an open mind and an open heart, to accept what is obvious, that black ballplayers were equal. Not because of their skin, but because of their talent. And we can prove that quantitatively."