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Question | Answer |
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When and where was baseball invented? | Mid-1800s in Cooperstown, NY |
Who invented baseball? | Abner Doublesday |
Who was the 1st African American to play professional baseball? | Bud Fowler |
What piece of equipment did Bud Fowler create? | Shin guards |
What happened in 1887? | African Americans could not get on a pro ball team |
What baseball invention was Rube Foster credited with? | Bunt-and-Run |
How did pitchers on Rube Foster's team get signals? | From Rube while he was in the dugout |
When was the Negro National League started? | February 20, 1920 |
Who would catch while sitting in a rocking chair? | Lloyd "Pepper" Bassett |
Who started the idea of wearing a ball helmet? | Willie Wells |
What are some of the challenges the Negro League faced? | No place to eat or sleep; no fields of their own; rude comments from the white fans |
What happened to the Negro League around the time of the Great Depression? | It fell apart |
What happened in 1930? | Gus Greenlee reorganized the league and bought his own team |
What was the average player's salary in the 1940s? | $500-$800 a month |
Who built the 1st ballpark for a Negro team? | Gus Greenlee |
What team was the 1st to play night games in professional baseball? | Kansas City Monarchs |
When did the major leagues start playing night games? | 1935 |
Who talked to his bats? | Norman "Turkey" Stearns |
Who ran so fast that Jesse Owens wouldn't race him without his track shoes? | "Cool Papa" Bell |
How many teams did Leroy "Satchel" Paige pitch for? | 250 |
What was one big reason that the ball players liked to play ball in Latin America? | No segregation; they were treated equally |
What got Satchel Paige banned from the Negro League? | Taking players with him to play in the Latin Leagues |
What team froze baseballs before games? | Brooklyn Bushwicks |
What stopped the League from brainstorming until the World Series was over? | Judge Kesesaw Mountain Landis, Commissioner of Major League |
What other "rules" did Judge Landis come up with? | 1) Reduced the number of games the Negro Leagues could play against the white league 2) White League couldn't wear major league uniforms when against Negro League 3) Teams had to be called "all-stars" 4) Games were called "exhibitions" |
How could a guy stay out of combat during World War II? | play baseball for the Special Services |
What happened when the Negro League players came back from the war? | They had bigger crowds, salary increases, and the Saturday Evening Post did a story on Satchel Paige |
What was the Negro League's biggest game? | The East-West Classic, All Star Game |
What did some of the Major League owners do to get Negro League players on their teams? | Pass them off as Cuban or American Indian |
Who made it possible for the integration of Major League baseball? | A.B. "Happy" Chandler, new commissioner |
Who was the first to play in the Major League? | Jackie Robinson |
Who did Jackie Robinson sign with? | Brooklyn Dodgers |
When did Jackie Robinson actually get to play in the Major League? | 1947 |
When did the Negro League "fold?" | |
When did the Negro Leagues end all together? | |
How many Negro League players ended up in the Majors? |