Negro League Baseball - Breaking Baseball's Color Barrier - Extra History
Added 2021-06-02 17:30:01 +0000 UTCTelling the players to just sit down while you strike out the opposite team is the biggest power move I have ever heard.
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I think you actually covered some things that Ken Burns' series o baseball didn't. I love stories about overcoming prejudice and the powers it wields.
Bill Lemmond
2021-07-08 02:41:56 +0000 UTCGREAT work! And I think you goofed a bit on John Gibson... estimates are that he hit between 800-100 homeruns, not 800-1000 pitches.
Adam Zion
2021-06-03 19:44:38 +0000 UTCIt's largely systemic. I recommend giving Knowing Better's most recent video on segregation in schools to get an idea of how interconnected a lot of these ideas are.
The Deaf Mans Lands
2021-06-03 17:15:00 +0000 UTCSatchel Page should have his own episode on Extra Mythology. Seriously.
2021-06-02 19:20:48 +0000 UTCThe year before Robinson debuted with Brooklyn, pro football re-integrated, with four Black players, two of whom are in Canton.
Rossum
2021-06-02 18:55:03 +0000 UTCIt's astonishing to think there are still morons out there who judge others based solely on skin colour.
Martin Verran
2021-06-02 18:45:14 +0000 UTCShouldn't the arrows for Paige filling the bases be clockwise instead of counterclockwise?
Ramien
2021-06-02 17:56:30 +0000 UTC
