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]

St Louis Cardinals reporter for The Athletic Katie Woo joins the show from Rickwood Field in Birmingham Alabama to describe the scene from Willie Mays' tribute night [... more]

What a night for Alabama and for baseball Meet the incredible Bill Greason St Louis Cardinals insider Katie Woo joins the show from Rickwood Field [... more]

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Katie Woo joined JR to discuss MLB playing at Rickwood Field and how they plan to honor the passing of Willie Mays [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories Bob Kendrick President of the Negro Baseball Leagues Museum tells the story of a man who started in Kansas City made his way to Brooklyn and swept across the nation Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

Karl-Anthony Towns bounces back with a big Game l Jerry Hairston Jr -year MLB vet l This Day In Sports History Mets reliever Jorge Lopez ejected then cut from team [... more]

Jerry Hairston Jr joined JR to discuss Major League Baseball integrating Negro League statistics into their record books and why he's hesitant about a robotic strike zone [... 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 Leauges Baseball Museum in Kansas City Missouri tells the story of perhaps the greatest pitcher in the history of baseball 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 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 Bob Kendrick President of the Negro Baseball Leauges Museum tell the story of a man who started in Kansas City made his way to Brooklyn and swept across a nation 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 Christopher Klein tells the story of the former president and Civil War hero Ulysses S Grant and how he raced to complete a literary masterpiece that saved his wife from destitution with the aid of Mark Twain Years after finding out she was adopted Traci Huguley discovered she was not the only child adopted out Bob Kendrick tells the story of former Negro Leagues Baseball player Buck O'Neil and how Buck nbsp handled being rejected from the National Baseball Hall of Fame like a man nbsp Support the show https www ouramericanstories com [... 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]