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Negro League Baseball Tribute at Bowie Baysox in Maryland on June 5th
By Anonymous Washington, DC June 4, 2004 -– The Bowie Baysox Baseball Club, Class AA affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles, will host a Tribute to the Negro Leagues at Prince George’s Stadium on Saturday, June 5, 2004 when the team takes on the Reading Phillies at 7:05 p.m. There will also be a fireworks extravaganza. Al Burrows and several former Negro Leaguers will be on hand to take part in the festivities. The Baysox will wear replica jerseys of the former Negro League Baltimore Elite Giants, which will be auctioned off on the concourse during the game. Fans can place bids for the game-worn jerseys and portions of the money raised from the auction will benefit the Negro League Players Association.
Today, there are hundreds of Negro League players still alive nationwide, including Al Burrows of the Washington, DC area. Our number of living Negro Leaguers is dwindling everyday and the Baysox Tribute to the Negro Leagues is indeed an honor. Several former Negro League players that will be in attendance are from the Negro League Players Association. Each player will participate in a pre-game, on-field ceremony and throw out a ceremonial first pitch. During the game, the players will be available to sign autographs. The first 1,500 fans in attendance will receive a Replica Negro League cap.
"It is heartwarming to see the Bowie Baysox honor these outstanding ‘Forgotten Negro League Stars.’ I was in attendance at the Tribute on May 31, 2002," said Cheryl Robinson. "I wrote about the experience in my latest book, A Forgotten Negro League Star: A Personal Look At Al Burrows." The book tells Al Burrows’ story—the same story for many of the Negro League players—playing black baseball, while ultimately being denied the opportunity to join a Major League organization, because of the color line drawn by segregation.
In this book, the in-depth interviews with Negro League baseball players and fans tells a story often unheard in African American history. Cheryl Robinson’s new book is highly sought after by baseball fans everywhere, because it provides different information about the Negro Leagues.
Specifically, the book offers additional information, such as the fact that Negro League teams played white teams and won more games than they lost. Black baseball players began to scare white baseball players who felt their positions in baseball might be in jeopardy if blacks were allowed to play with them. White players and fans often yelled racial epithets at any "colored" player within listening range. This was a time of heated emotions and white players were often extremely hostile towards black players. In addition, in various ball parks, blacks were restricted to sitting in the top 14 rows—even when black teams were playing. This book contains a lot of Negro League Trivia, a list of Negro League Teams by state, a list of surviving Negro League Players and black baseball facts that are not so well known.
Then, there is the dispute of whether black baseball players are actual Negro League players or barnstorming players. The Negro National League was formed in 1920, signaling the first Negro League team. When Jackie Robinson broke Major League baseball’s color barrier in 1947, this signaled the beginning of the end for the Negro Leagues. Several of the Negro League teams continued to play, as well as barnstorm around the country well into the 1960’s. The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum counts players from that era among its numbers, which accounts for roughly 250 living Negro Leaguers (the list is included in the book). Some historians feel that if you were a black baseball player on a Negro League team after these dates, that you are not a Negro League player, but rather a black baseball barnstorming player. In the book, these facts are presented in more detail and the reader is allowed to make his or her own decision.
Game attendees will have a chance to talk to these living legends. So, please stop by the Negro League table and say "Hello" to Al Burrows and other Forgotten Negro League Stars.
The author will raffle off a baseball and a book, both autographed by Al Burrows, contact Creative Writing at (301) 535-6700 for the details.
Creative Writing is an African American writing company located in the Washington, DC area.
For additional information, contact Lorraine at Creative Writing (301) 535-6700 or send an email to Cr8tivewriting@msn.com.
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Former Atlanta Braves Players Bring Youth Baseball Headquarters and Tournaments to Central Florida's Polk County
By Anonymous Polk County, FL January 25 2004--Four former Major League Baseball standouts have reached an agreement with International Travel Baseball to create a partnership and join the two organizations. International Travel Baseball will now operate as Terry Pendleton Baseball and will continue to run tournaments throughout the country. The headquarters of the company will also move to Polk County and operations will be run out of a local office. “We are proud to team up with Terry Pendleton Baseball and become partners,” said Bing Tyus, who will become the National Tournament Director for Pendleton Baseball. “ We are anticipating much more success and we will be bringing many more tournaments to Polk County,” said Tyus. Tyus was previously Director of International Travel Baseball, an organization that held wood bat tournaments here in Polk County as well as around the nation, and will now join forces with the already established Terry Pendleton Baseball. The first Terry Pendleton Baseball tournament held in Polk County will be the Wood Bat World Championships, taking place June 20-26 in Winter Haven.
With the addition of Terry Pendleton Baseball, Polk County is now home to four governing body headquarters. The Independent Softball Association (ISA), USA Waterski, the Futures Golf Tour also call Polk County home. “We are very proud of the relationships we have formed with the organizations that operate out of Polk County,” said Mark Jackson, Director of Polk County Sports Marketing. “It says a lot about our partnerships, sports infrastructure and the people of this county that so many organizations want to be a part of our community. It also illuminates the importance of our diverse approach to sports marketing which includes both tourist and economic development,” Jackson said.
The organization, owned by former Atlanta Brave stars Terry Pendleton, Greg McMichael, Mark Lemke and Bobby Holley, began in 2002 by giving youth baseball players a place to go for first-class instruction and training. The newly formed partnership will now allow both organizations to benefit with extreme potential for growth. Before the partnership, Terry Pendleton Baseball operated as Hardball Warehouse, offering lessons and instruction at indoor training facilities, but as a result of the newly formed partnership, will grow operations to include tournaments and leagues across the country. “We will start out with about 5,000 teams around the country and our goal is to have 10,000 by the year 2007,” said Tyus. Talks of the partnership began during the American Baseball Coaches Association meeting January 2-4 in San Antonio that Tyus attended with Polk County Sports Marketing. Pendleton, who played in Major League Baseball for 15 years, is a managing partner in the organization, while former Brave pitcher, Greg McMichael runs the day-to-day operations.
An initiative of the Polk County Board of County Commissioners, Polk County Sports Marketing is responsible for recruiting sporting events to Polk County and marketing the county as a venue for competitive sporting events and recreational sports such as golf, bicycling and water skiing/boating. During the past year, more than 130 PCSM-assisted events generated in excess of $70 million in economic benefits for Polk County. In recognition of this and other accomplishments, the Florida Sports Foundation honored PCSM with its coveted “Sports Commission of the Year” award in 2002. General information on sports in Polk County can be found by visiting the PCSM website at www.centralfloridasports.com.
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Utah Little-League Team To Tour Ground Zero
By Anonymous SPRINGVILLE, UT July 1, 2003 -- 1984 Silver-Medal Olympian, and 9-year Major League Baseball veteran, Cory Snyder, will bring his nationally ranked 12-year-old little-league team, Utah Stars, to the Big Apple July 4. Snyder will accompany his boys on a solemn and memorial tour of Ground Zero. They will take-in other sites of New York, before capping-off the day with a trip to historical Yankee Stadium, to see the Yankee, Red Sox game.
Final destination for Snyder and his Utah Stars, is Cooperstown, NY—home of Baseball’s Hall of Fame—where the team will participate at the week long Cooperstown Dreams Park baseball camp and tournament (www.cooperstowndreamspark.com). The Stars will take their 47-12 season record into the tournament of 64 teams from around the country. They will play two games per day, Sunday – Tuesday, in an effort to seed high for Wednesday and Thursday’s single elimination championship bracket.
The Stars have traveled to Tucson, AZ, and Las Vegas, NV, among other nearby cities, to participate in tournaments this year. The Stars are 19-6 in tournament play this year. And by winning Utah’s Memorial Weekend Triple Crown Tournament, they have qualified to play in the Triple Crown World Series (www.triplecrownsports.com), in Steamboat Springs, CO, July 23-27.
Former Cleveland Indian, Giant and Dodger, Cory Snyder, selflessly gives a great deal of his time to the the boys. Drawing upon his 30-plus years of baseball experience, Snyder teaches the skills and fundamentals of the great game of baseball; and how good sportsmanship and hard work can make the boys into better men. Snyder stresses 110% effort in everything they do, and the importance of academic excellence. His goal is that each boy possess the athletic skills and good grades to make them candidates for college scholarships.
The boys are incredibly excited about they’re trip, and they have worked very hard to make it a reality. They have held several fund-raisers, including selling discount merchant cards, a golf tournament, a car wash, and a garage sale. They would be thrilled and grateful for any lunch or dinner invitations offered by the good people and merchants of New York City.
For more information about the Utah Stars, call Anthony Ramon at 801-369-0044 and/or visit their team website at: www.usasportsrankings.com/team/team_qfacts.asp?team_id=15530.
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