Saturday, March 31, 2007

Negro League Museum Visit

Today I got the chance to finally visit the Negro League Museum in Kansas City, Mo. I really enjoyed myself and learned a great deal about the league. I mean, some untold history was in this museum. Did you know that the KKK played against black players in the late 1800's. I mean, America has always knew the greatness of the African American Players, but was afraid to change. But in 1947. They finally gave the blacks a chance. Did you know the Negro League Baseball games was the first league to have a night game. Yes, the Major League Baseball teams didn't have night games until 5 years later. In desperation, the Kansas City Monarchs' owner, a gentle, kindly white man named J. L. Wilkinson, sank his life savings into a set of revolutionary portable lights. On April 6, five years before the first major-league night game, Wilkinson, to the delight of a crowd in Enid, Oklahoma, set up his lights, and the umpire yelled "Play ball!" So with the Negro League, where would the famous night World Series game be...

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