36 min listen
Dave Roberts | LIVE at SiriusXM LA
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Length:
60 minutes
Released:
Jul 20, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Dodgers manager Dave Roberts joins Bob Kendrick in front of a live studio audience at SiriusXM Los Angeles, discussing the 75th anniversary of Jackie Robinson's debut, Jackie Robinson's pleas for Black managerial opportunities, the great managers of the Negro Leagues, bringing the speed game of the Negro Leagues back to the Majors, and how to revive Black participation in baseball. Follow Bob Kendrick on Twitter - @nlbmprezVisit the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City - https://nlbm.com
Released:
Jul 20, 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