A version of this story originally appeared on MiLB.com in 2006. We present it here once more as Minor League Baseball celebrates Black History Month with stories of Black baseball pioneers.

Gutman created a book series about a kid who loved baseball, but practically had no chance ... When I read that as a 7-year-old dreaming of the chance to meet Ted Williams or Jackie Robinson, I was so ...

Just three years after Amarillo College debuted its baseball program ... You kind of label that as the kid. I mean, the fact that I've gotten to know Prado, especially the last two years.

The Palisades Charter High School J.V. baseball team huddled on the all-dirt ... if it comes to that. “I told the kids, I said, ‘We’re playing. I don’t care how,” Voelkel recalled.

"I have all my cards from when I was a kid," says Paskoff, 41, who now continues his hobby by shopping at Brothers Grim Games & Collectibles in Selden. "I like to look at the artwork and meet new ...

The entire Mahomes family have had to navigate the public space, from the quarterback's parents all the way down to his kids. Mahomes comes from an athletic family, as he grew up around baseball ...

Hatchett said it was initially challenging coming through the doors of the old Lober-Nika Gymnasium against the likes of Tye Banks and Austin Robinson. “Shaunassey was a kid who came into the ...

An 11-year-old baseball card collector from Los Angeles ... Olivia Dunne during the ROY 2024 National League Jackie Robinson Rookie of the Year Award Announcement on Monday, November 18, 2024 ...

Destinee Robinson ... and he is one of those kids I consistently count on to take initiative while shining the light on others. In addition, Ryan is a varsity baseball athlete who contributes ...

The Fisher-Underwoods are a sporty family, and Carrie has often shared photos of her kids playing baseball or fishing in their lake. Mike is also an avid hunter, plus he and Carrie have previously ...

As a teenager, Jim Bark would wait outside the visiting teams clubhouse at County Stadium in Milwaukee hoping to get an autograph from some of his favorite baseball players. The Racine, Wisconsin ...