On this episode of Our American Stories in former Negro Leauge Baseball player Buck O'Neil finally made it into the National Baseball Hall of Fame years after being rejected to the surprise of his friends by one vote Bob Kendrick President of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City Missouri tells the story of how Buck handled this loss in Bob's words like a man Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories Bob Kendrick President of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum tells the story of a man who became bigger than the game he played and only thew fastballs the Midnight Creeper the Bat Dodger and the Jump Ball the list goes on The astounding thing though is that he did this every day for five decades with no relief pitcher Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories Bob Kendrick President of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum tells the story of a man who became bigger than the game he played and only thew fastballs the Midnight Creeper the Bat Dodger and the Jump Ball the list goes on The astounding thing though is that he did this every day for five decades with no relief pitcher Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories Bob Kendrick President of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum tells the story of a man who became bigger than the game he played and only thew fastballs the Midnight Creeper the Bat Dodger and the Jump Ball the list goes on The astounding thing though is that he did this every day for five decades with no relief pitcher Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories Bob Kendrick President of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City Missouri tells the story of a man many historians consider to be the greatest pitcher in the history of baseball Leroy Satchel Paige Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories we learn how on January a B- bomber crashed in Goldsboro North Carolina Two H-bombs each times more powerful than the bombs dropped on Japan fell to the ground Earl Smith dismantled those bombs and he's here to tell us the story Bob Kendrick President of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City Missouri tells the story of a man many historians consider to be the greatest pitcher in the history of baseball-Leroy Satchel Paige Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate Time Codes - The Night H-Bombs Fell on North [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories Ron Brown a man who grew up in a rough area of Chicago shares how he was practically abandoned by his father but would mend their relationship later on in life Donna shares how her daughter Cassie was diagnosed with Chronic Paranoid Schizophrenia as a teenager and their daily jobs became more difficult so they dropped everything and opened a resale shop Bob Kendrick President of the nbsp Negro Leagues Baseball Museum nbsp in Kansas City Missouri tells the story of a man many historians consider to be the greatest pitcher in the [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories nbsp Paul Kengor PoliSci professor at Grove City College brings us the details of the devastating nature of an attack the U S government chose to keep details hidden about Mike Leven tells the story about how he mdash a Jewish person mdash started the Asian American Hotel Owners Association Bob Kendrick President of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum tells the story of how Jackie Robinson got his start in Kansas City broke the MLB's color barrier in Brooklyn and began a movement nationwide Sofia and Deshawn nbsp tells us how they went [... more]