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With the Arkansas #Razorbacks trying to get back to the College World Series, now is a good time to reveal the all-time baseball team from the Natural State
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During the 1930s, a semipro all-black baseball team called the Booker T's played on the AR-MO state line 5 miles north of Blytheville. The team was owned by a murderous bootlegger, had a one-armed outfielder, and once played on donkeys. Read more here: arkbaseball.com/tiki-index.p…
Yesterday, Arkansas lost one of its best and most beloved baseball fans and historians in Mike Dugan. His kindness and enthusiasm is part of the reason @ArkBaseball exists. He will be missed. More from @TheSenRec: hotsr.com/news/2021/feb/05/f…
The time is right for the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame to (finally) induct a Negro league baseball player. Here are 7 worthy candidates: baseballyakker.com/2021/01/1…
With @MLB now recognizing certain Negro Leagues as "major leagues," it appears that Arkansas will now, for the first time, be officially represented in big league team history: the obscure and short-lived 1932 Little Rock Grays of the Negro Southern League.
The Grays played home games at Crump Park at 33rd and State streets in Little Rock. In addition, HOFers Josh Gibson, Oscar Charleston and Cool Papa Bell played on the same field. More info here: arkbaseball.com/tiki-index.p…
Also, the Negro Leagues announcement from @MLB means that some 50+ Negro Leaguers from Arkansas will now become "major leaguers." The exact list of which players will qualify is a bit confusing, but here's list of all known Negro leaguers from Arkansas: arkbaseball.com/tiki-index.p…
The Grays lasted less than two months into the season before withdrawing from the NSL, posting about a 9-12 win-loss record. More info: arkbaseball.com/tiki-index.p…
On an eerie night in Little Rock sixty-eight years ago today, the Roy Campanella All-Stars played a "fogged-up" exhibition game in front of 3,500 at Travelers Field, featuring a triple-play by 20-year old Willie Mays in center field. Read the wacky reports of the game below.
This game, from October 29th, 1951, is one of hundreds logged in our database of Negro League exhibition games in Arkansas. Check it out: arkbaseball.com/tiki-index.p…
New post on Yakker: A short vignette I wrote to try and capture what spring training may have been like at Whittington Park in Hot Springs in 1913: baseballyakker.com/2019/07/2…
The @Cardinals and @Cubs have dominated the MLB fanbase in Arkansas for decades, partly for geographical reasons. Also, the Cards developed fans through widespread radio broadcasts of games and a long affiliation with the @ARTravs, and the Cubs through a broad @WGNTV audience.
Be sure and check out @jimyeager 's wonderful new book "Backroads and Ballplayers" featuring stories about baseball players from rural Arkansas, such as the state's all-time winningest pitcher, Rube Roberson of Floyd, Arkansas. BackroadsBallplayers.com
To all Natural State baseball fanciers, be sure and check out this new book by friend and colleague Jim Yeager and others (including your's truly, @baseballyakker) on players from rural Arkansas, available for order now! BackroadsandBallplayers.com
Professional baseball used to be commonplace in small towns across Arkansas. Below is the 1908 Newport Pearl Diggers from the Arkansas State League, a short-lived minor league that developed numerous big leaguers and dominated @ArkansasOnline sports pages.
Connie Rector was an Arkadelphia native who pitched 26 seasons in the Negro Leagues. He briefly rose to the top of black baseball in 1929 when he posted a reported win-loss record of 20-3 with the New York Lincoln Giants. Read our new bio on Rector here: arkbaseball.com/tiki-index.p…
Clyde Spearman, the youngest of Arkadelphia's remarkable Spearman family, played seventeen years in Negro League baseball and was born 106 years ago today. Read his short bio: arkbaseball.com/tiki-index.p…
