Happy Hump Day POU! Today's feature is the one of the few ballplayers ever that got a hit off Satchel Paige. Toni Stone Marceni Lyle Stone (January 21, 1921 – November 2, 1996) was born in West Virginia and spent her childhood in St Paul, Minnesota. Her married name was Marceni Lyle Stone Alberga. Alberga, a man 40 years her senior, like her parents was not … [Read more...] about Wednesday Open Thread: Women In The Negro Leagues
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Tuesday Open Thread: Women In The Negro Leagues
Good Morning POU! Today's feature in our Women In The Negro Leagues series should have a movie made of her life! A mini-series even! Effa Manley Business woman. Community leader. Socialite. Baseball executive par excellence. Keeper of the Negro Leagues’ flame. Hall of Famer. Throughout her lifetime Effa Manley wore all these hats and more, but none more proudly than … [Read more...] about Tuesday Open Thread: Women In The Negro Leagues
Monday Evening Thread: Am I Black Enough For You?
Today has been quite a revelation about the POU family! In determining whether or not we're black - still not sure if we've resolved the question about ourselves! It all started with Miss Kathy tweeting this: @lorchal @PragObots @arthuromeo @WilmaJazz @wilson6923 @TessieD2 typical black life is NOT growing up with white people and private schools — kathy B (@katidid7) … [Read more...] about Monday Evening Thread: Am I Black Enough For You?
Tuesday Open Thread: Greatest Athletes You’ve Never Heard Of
Good Morning POU! Most of us know of the great Satchel Paige, but there was another pitcher that had a fastball that may have been even faster. Will "Cannonball" Jackman William Jackman could be one of the greatest pitchers in the history of baseball. At the very least, he could be the best pitcher whose name you have never heard. While a lightning-quick second baseman … [Read more...] about Tuesday Open Thread: Greatest Athletes You’ve Never Heard Of