We're still in a baseball mood here.
It's not commonly known, but North Dakota in the 1930s was one of the first places where integrated baseball flourished, thanks in part to ambitious car dealer and team owner, Neil Churchill, who signed some of the best Negro League players of the time. Roger Maris isn't in the Hall of Fame, but Satchel Paige is.
Here's a long article on the state's baseball glory days.
3 comments:
very cool. I had no idea about this
Roger Maris SHOULD be in the Hall of Fame. I wear my "The Record is Still 61" t-shirt proudly.
Mark McGwire couldn't remember if he used steroids. Sammy Sosa conveniently forgot he could speak English. Barry Bonds never bothered to ask what was in all those supplements he was taking.
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