Pittsburgh Pirates coach Gene Baker became the first black manager in major league baseball history. Otherwise, it was an ...

President Trump’s executive orders aimed at curtailing diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts apply to the federal ...

Allen will be posthumously inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame on July 27. Being included in the fraternity of ...

The 34-minute delay created two distinct halves of football and, according to the Ravens, nearly cost them a Super Bowl title ...

Paul Nyman's teachings are all over baseball today. But the man is absent. “He gave up,” Kyle Boddy said, “at precisely the ...

Leroy "Satchel" Paige is the first Black pitcher to play in the American League and is known for being one of the greatest pitchers of all time.

A version of this story originally appeared on MiLB.com in 2006. We present it here once more as Minor League Baseball celebrates Black History Month with stories of Black baseball pioneers.