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Martha Ackmann | The Women of the Negro Leagues
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Length:
60 minutes
Released:
May 5, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Bob Kendrick explores the legacy of three pioneering women who starred in Negro Leagues baseball - Toni Stone, Connie Morgan, and Mamie "Peanut" Johnson. Plus, Bob sits down for a conversation with Martha Ackmann, author of "Curveball: The Remarkable Story of Toni Stone". Read "Curveball" by Martha Ackmann - MarthaAckmann.comFollow Bob Kendrick on Twitter - @nlbmprezVisit the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City - https://nlbm.comInterview with Gordon Hopkins courtesy of the University of Baltimore, Special Collections & Archives - Oral HistoriesInterview with Toni Stone courtesy of This Week in Baseball, Major League BaseballInterview with Minnie Forbes courtesy of MLB.com, Major League Baseball
Released:
May 5, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (85)
"The Homestead Grays" Part 1: Bob Kendrick on Josh Gibson, Buck Leonard, and the Most Dominant Franchise in Baseball History: Bob Kendrick takes you inside the archives of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum to tell you what made the Homestead Grays the most dominant franchise in baseball history (0:00), how Cumberland Posey and Gus Greenlee tore the city of Pittsburgh in half (2:58), why "The Black Babe Ruth" undersold Josh Gibson as a nickname (18:59), and the story of the iconic Josh Gibson-Satchel Paige showdown of 1942 (25:22). by Black Diamonds