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Published February 16th, 2026, 08:04 pm
The Negro Leagues are widely credited with revolutionizing baseball.
The aggressive, scrappy, base-stealing style of play was an attraction for fans of all backgrounds. The league's founder, Rube Foster, was largely responsible for introducing that mentality and bringing the league to its early success. After Foster passed in 1930, the league continued to innovate for nearly two decades. During that time, the league pioneered night games, fielded some of sports greatest players and broke the color barrier.
Bob Kendrick, the President of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City, Missouri, joined the show and details the Negro league’s lasting legacy in baseball, in sports and in American culture.
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