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"The Greatest Baseball Player You've Never Heard Of": Bob Kendrick and Jeremy Beer on the Great Oscar Charleston
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"The Greatest Baseball Player You've Never Heard Of": Bob Kendrick and Jeremy Beer on the Great Oscar Charleston
FromBlack Diamonds
ratings:
Length:
49 minutes
Released:
Jun 10, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Follow Bob Kendrick on Twitter - https://twitter.com/nlbmprezVisit the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City - https://nlbm.comGordon Hopkins audio is courtesy of the University of Baltimore Oral Histories -https://archive.org/details/ubaltaudioJimmy Crutchfield audio originally recorded with Stephen BankerTo learn more about the great Oscar Charleston, check out the award-winning Oscar Charleston: The Life and Legend of Baseball's Greatest Forgotten Player by Jeremy Beer - https://amzn.to/3iusnWY
Released:
Jun 10, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (85)
"The Homestead Grays" Part 2: with Washington Nationals First Baseman Josh Bell: Former Pittsburgh Pirate and current Washington Nationals first baseman Josh Bell joins Negro Leagues Baseball Museum President Bob Kendrick to talk about following in the footsteps of Josh Gibson (2:10), the biggest home runs of his own career (04:35), the legends of the Homestead Grays (7:33), the impact of Negro Leagues history on his own life (18:55), being a Black athlete in 2021 (25:29), and how close Josh Gibson came to breaking the color barrier (34:49). by Black Diamonds