The Metro: The pioneer who founded the Negro Leagues
President of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum Bob Kendrick joins the show to discuss the league’s founder, Rube Foster and how he revolutionized the world of baseball.
The Detroit Stars were a charter member in the Negro National League in 1920.
Rube Foster was a pioneer in American baseball. His efforts in the early 20th century to organize Black baseball teams sparked professional Negro Leagues. The league’s style of play, the players, and the business model would go on to arguably alter the course of U.S. history.
Bob Kendrick, president of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City, Missouri, joined the show. He describes how Foster’s grit and business savvy tactics turned a fractured era in baseball into a lasting pillar of America’s favorite pastime.
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