THE TEAMBROWN BLOG

#PlayerOfTheDay - Mary Nesbitt - an original 60 player in the @AAGPBL - Star Pitcher & 1B, All-Star ('43), Batting title ('45), Season leader in doubles ('48), Championship ('43), Women in Base...

#Spotlight – From George Levis Lee’s Chicago Defender Series – Larry Brown was labeled “Iron Man” for his 30 year career and durability behind the plate - #HistoryInYourSize

#Spotlight – From George Levis Lee’s Chicago Defender Series – Alex Radcliffe, who made 11 All-Star appearances and spent most of his career with the Chicago American Giants, leading the team to th...

#Spotlight – From George Levis Lee’s Chicago Defender Series – Ted “Double Duty” Radcliffe from 1935, showcasing his amazing career #HistoryInYourSize

#Spotlight – This week we celebrate the world of Baseball and Editorial Cartoons – From George Levis Lee’s Chicago Defender Series – The Negro National League losing some of its star players #Histo...

Edythe “Edie” Perlick Keating played her whole career for the Belles, including 2 Championships, 3 All-Stars and led the league in RBI’s in ’45 & Joanne Winter 3X All-Star, all time leader in i...

Claire “Clara” Schillace Donahoe played 3 years in the league but made them count winning Rookie of the Year, All-Star and Champion in the ’43 season & Madeline “Maddy” English who was a 2X cha...

Lastly we have Sam Bankhead who as a 7X All-Star and star for the Crawfords and Rap Dixon who was an unheralded star, often overshadowed by more famous teammates but who hit over .370 against white...

Another player that shows up multiple times is Satchel Paige who played for the Crawfords for 4 seasons & Judy Johnson who played his last seasons for the Crawfords before going into the HOF as...