Released on: 31, December 1969
, Author: Rosemary McKittrick
, Audience: Internet related
Santa Fe, May 22, 2008 -- Even though they were segregated,playing baseball in the Negro Leagues was a big deal for Black men in America afterthe Civil War. They loved the game and wanted a chance to play like everyone else.
The Negro Leagues were a way to make it happen.
Black leagues ran parallel to white leagues. They were traveling men who took tothe road every spring going from town to town.
They laughed, joked and sang on the bus. They shook hands, smacked backs and signedautographs just like white players. They were also heroes to their fans.
Their salaries were lower than their white counterparts, but Negro League playersstill made more than most of the people who came and watched them play.
And when they beat white teams, which they almost always did, the victories were sweet.Maybe they were banned from the major leagues, but they demonstrated day after daythey belonged there.
None of it mattered. The gentleman s agreement, the color line, kept them fromplaying for the most part from 1898 to 1946. They were separate and unequal.
Some said Blacks were banned from the white domain of Major League Baseball not somuch because of color, but because they were better players.
The Negro Leagues peaked around 1946, the same year Jackie Robinson finally brokethe color barrier.
Memorabilia from the Negro Leagues is understandably scarce. That s why old photos,score cards, baseballs, programs and tickets command interest now.
On March 7, Hunt Auctions, in Exton, Pa., featured a selection of Negro League itemsin its Sports Memorabilia and Cards auction.
A Negro league baseball including the signatures of Jackie Robinson, Roy Campanella,Larry Doby, and Don Newcombe sold for $20,700.
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