THE TEAMBROWN BLOG

#Spotlight – Rube Foster and the Leland Giants were nearly unbeatable, it seemed, in 1907 as depicted in a cartoon from The Chicago Defender #HistoryInYourSize

#Spotlight – Cartoon of Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier and celebrating his life upon his untimely passing at age 53 #HistoryInYourSize

#Spotlight – The great Mule Suttles as celebrated by George Lee  #HistoryInYourSize

#Spotlight – Gene Mack’s drawing of Satchel Paige #HistoryInYourSize

#Spotlight – Commentary on the Negro Leagues and the shame of the Black Sox scandal in the MLB #HistoryInYourSize

#Spotlight – Minnie Miñoso should have just painted a target on his uniform for as many times as he was hit by pitches #HistoryInYourSize

#Spotlight – The Forgotten Man cartoon told the story of Black Ballplayers and was published in the New York Amsterdam News in 1939 

#Spotlight – Jef Mallett in the comic Frazz commented on not only the greatness of Satchel Paige, but also the famous sayings #HistoryInYourSize

#Spotlight – Upon the passing of the great Buck O’Neil, cartoonists showed the love and feeling people had for him and their desire for him to be in the Hall of Fame #HistoryInYourSize