Yakyu Night Owl

@YusufToropov@toot.community @tabletopmania@mastodon.social @RuthODay@chaosfem.tw @stlcolorbaseball@mastodon.social @ted_duffield@mastodon.social @cwgrody@mastodon.sdf.org @cbtryon@mastodon.world @sendtherunners@mstdn.ca @aurelia@mindly.social @BigEarl@mindly.social @baseball@a.gup.pe @OhhJim@sfba.social @APBAreplay@techhub.social @AlexanderRaine7@mastodon.social @mattmaison@mastodon.world @blackvoices@newsmast.community Big hint time: Two of the most famous supporters of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. One of them found a lot of baseballs on tour. The other hit a lot of baseballs.

@YusufToropov@toot.community @tabletopmania@mastodon.social @RuthODay@chaosfem.tw @stlcolorbaseball@mastodon.social @ted_duffield@mastodon.social @cwgrody@mastodon.sdf.org @cbtryon@mastodon.world @sendtherunners@mstdn.ca @aurelia@mindly.social @BigEarl@mindly.social @baseball@a.gup.pe @OhhJim@sfba.social @APBAreplay@techhub.social @AlexanderRaine7@mastodon.social @mattmaison@mastodon.world @blackvoices@newsmast.community Keeping the 1947 spirit alive (and remembering that historic home run Brown hit in Detroit on August 13, 1947) how about “Time to Change Your Town” by Wynonie Harris?

The Tigers would remain segregated until June 6, 1958.

@YusufToropov@toot.community @tabletopmania@mastodon.social @RuthODay@chaosfem.tw @stlcolorbaseball@mastodon.social @ted_duffield@mastodon.social @cwgrody@mastodon.sdf.org @cbtryon@mastodon.world @sendtherunners@mstdn.ca @aurelia@mindly.social @BigEarl@mindly.social @baseball@a.gup.pe @OhhJim@sfba.social @APBAreplay@techhub.social @AlexanderRaine7@mastodon.social @mattmaison@mastodon.world @blackvoices@newsmast.community First, because that’s such a downer, I owe everyone something from MC Hammer, so here’s the man himself in the home of the Yomiuri Giants. No batboy from Oakland ever traveled further to the home field of the Giants.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1p_cyRtb_04

@YusufToropov@toot.community @tabletopmania@mastodon.social @RuthODay@chaosfem.tw @stlcolorbaseball@mastodon.social @ted_duffield@mastodon.social @cwgrody@mastodon.sdf.org @cbtryon@mastodon.world @sendtherunners@mstdn.ca @aurelia@mindly.social @BigEarl@mindly.social @baseball@a.gup.pe @OhhJim@sfba.social @APBAreplay@techhub.social @AlexanderRaine7@mastodon.social @mattmaison@mastodon.world @blackvoices@newsmast.community One was a member of the Browns before they moved away. One was a member of the A’s before they moved away. I really hated to type that out.

@RuthODay @YusufToropov @tabletopmania @stlcolorbaseball @ted_duffield @cwgrody @cbtryon @sendtherunners @aurelia @BigEarl @baseball @OhhJim @APBAreplay @AlexanderRaine7 @mattmaison @blackvoices A quartet of leagues in four different countries. Fields belongs in the Hall.