Welcome to the weekend POU! The last feature in our series was an owner AND a player in the league for a short time. Though there isn't much written about her time during the actual league's time - she has lived to see the first black President of the United States pay tribute to the league she so cherished. Minnie Forbes never imagined she'd get the chance to see the … [Read more...] about Saturday Open Thread: Women In The Negro Leagues
Women In The Negro Leagues
Friday Open Thread: Women In The Negro Leagues
TGIF POU! Sadly, today's feature in our series, has had very little written about her historic role in the Negro Leagues. There isn't even a photo of her. Before Effa Manley, there was another woman that would own a Negro League team. Olivia Taylor In 2006, the Baseball Hall of Fame's Negro Leagues Committee selected Newark Eagles' owner Effa Manley for induction … [Read more...] about Friday Open Thread: Women In The Negro Leagues
Thursday Open Thread: Women In The Negro Leagues
Good Morning POU! Today's feature is a ballplayer that hit a remarkable .368! Connie Morgan Many African-American men joined the Negro Leagues in the first half of the 20th Century because it was the only way they could get a chance to play baseball, as the Major League was not yet fully integrated. However, being a woman was not going to stop Connie Morgan from … [Read more...] about Thursday Open Thread: Women In The Negro Leagues
Wednesday Open Thread: Women In The Negro Leagues
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
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