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The Negro Leagues are Major Leagues

In June 2021, Sports-Reference dramatically expanded its database of statistics related to Negro League Baseball. However, the story of Black baseball goes beyond the stats. These Black ballplayers we... Read more

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Ranked #1

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Episode Nine: The Power of Place

Episode Nine: The Power of Place

In the season finale, Curtis talks to Gary Gillette, an author, SABR member, and the co-founder and chair of the board o... Read more

12 Aug 2021

55mins

Ranked #2

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Episode Eight: History is Always Living in the Present

Episode Eight: History is Always Living in the Present

On this week's episode, Curtis is joined by Adrian Burgos, a professor at the University of Illinois who specializes in ... Read more

5 Aug 2021

47mins

Ranked #3

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Episode Seven: Women in the Negro Leagues

Episode Seven: Women in the Negro Leagues

On today's episode, Curtis talks to Dr. Leslie Heaphy, who teaches sports history at Kent State University and has contr... Read more

29 Jul 2021

29mins

Ranked #4

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Episode Six: Bringing Down the Color Line

Episode Six: Bringing Down the Color Line

In the conclusion of our three-part miniseries about the rise, maintenance, and eventual fall of the color line in the A... Read more

22 Jul 2021

32mins

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Ranked #5

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Episode Five: Maintaining the Color Line

Episode Five: Maintaining the Color Line

This week, we continue our three-part series on how the color line was drawn, maintained, and ultimately brought down, a... Read more

15 Jul 2021

25mins

Ranked #6

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Episode Four: Drawing the Color Line

Episode Four: Drawing the Color Line

In the first of a three part look at how the color line was established, maintained, and ultimately brought down, Curtis... Read more

8 Jul 2021

32mins

Ranked #7

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Episode Three: Appreciate Your Local Historian

Episode Three: Appreciate Your Local Historian

On this episode, Curtis talks to Gary Ashwill, a baseball historian who has studied the Negro Leagues, minor leagues, an... Read more

1 Jul 2021

29mins

Ranked #8

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Episode Two: Discover Greatness

Episode Two: Discover Greatness

On this episode, Curtis talks to Dr. Ray Doswell, the curator and education director at the Negro Leagues History Museum... Read more

24 Jun 2021

33mins

Ranked #9

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Episode One: Oh Yeah, That's Big Josh

Episode One: Oh Yeah, That's Big Josh

Today's guest is Sean Gibson, great-grandson of Hall-of-Famer Josh Gibson. The elder Gibson hit nearly 800 home runs in ... Read more

17 Jun 2021

23mins

Ranked #10

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Episode Zero: An Introduction and Sneak Preview

Episode Zero: An Introduction and Sneak Preview

In June 2021, Sports-Reference dramatically expanded its database of statistics related to Negro League Baseball. Howeve... Read more

15 Jun 2021

8mins

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