The memory of Negro League baseball is alive and well in Baton Rouge, Louisiana one weekend every spring when rival Grambling State University comes to town to face host, Southern University. This year’s series will be played on Saturday, April…
Category: The Stories of Black College Baseball’s Past
When HBCUs Dominated NAIA Baseball – Part 2
College baseball season is so close at hand that I can almost hear the ping of aluminum… or if I listen close enough, the crack of a wooden bat. Though it seems far from baseball weather as I look at…
When HBCUs Dominated NAIA Baseball – Part 1
I recently emailed the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) asking for year-end stats from 1957 through 1969. Back when I was a volunteer sports information director for baseball at (then) Ohio Dominican College, I had collected stats from 1970…