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Braves First 44 Classic Brings Out Top Black Talent

18/06/23 at 11.18pm   /   by Michael   /   0 Comment

When the Atlanta Braves hosted the Baltimore Orioles today during a week long tribute to Henry Aaron, presented by Delta Airlines, they placed a team on the field with only one Black American on their 25 man roster.He is left-handed pitcher Sam Freeman. Freeman was born in Houston, Texas in 1987. Contrast this with the Braves in 1974, the year that Henry Aaron broke Babe Ruth’s career home run record by blasting his 715th homer early in that season. The Braves had a total of 7 Blacks on its 25 man roster. A few years after Sam Freeman was born

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Wilbert Ellis: The Embodiment of the Spirit of Grambling

18/05/23 at 9.03pm   /   by Michael   /   0 Comment

I met former Grambling baseball coach Wilbert Ellis at a baseball game in New Orleans, Louisiana,  sitting in the bleachers of Wesley Barrow Stadium . He was surrounded by a faithful entourage; holding court on the nature of the competition in the Southwestern Athletic Conference 2018 Baseball Championship. This is a subject he knows something about, as history records Ellis won three SWAC baseball championships and eight western divisional titles in his 26 years as head baseball coach at Grambling State University. He is warm, affable and extended his right hand to greet me, as his former shortstop and National College

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Jackson State Wins-Ala State, Prairie View Suspended Due to Rain

18/05/19 at 9.07am   /   by Michael   /   0 Comment

In an exciting day of baseball at the 2018 SWAC Baseball Tournament, Jackson State (34-17), the top nationally ranked team in the tournament defeated Alcorn State (13-39) 4-3. Alcorn did not play like a team with only 12 wins coming into the tournament. The Braves of Alcorn got on the board in the top of the first and led throughout the fifth inning on the strength of freshman hurler George Osborne,III. He was penciled into the lineup after the scheduled starter was unable to pitch due to a leg injury. Osborne did not win a game in the regular season,

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Alcorn, Prairie View, Texas Southern and Grambling Advances In SWAC Baseball Play

18/05/18 at 9.57am   /   by Michael   /   0 Comment

Alcorn State University (21-24) won an exciting one run game against the University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff (21-24), 14-13 in SWAC Baseball Championship action on day two of the conference tournament. It was a tight ball game, but Alcorn behind a 14 hit attack led most of the game. In the eighth inning, Pine Bluff pulled even with four runs in the bottom half of the inning. Alcorn responded with a run in the top of the ninth to go up 14-13. In the bottom of the ninth, Razedrick Winter (3-2) held Pine Bluff without any runs to pick up the

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Top Seeds Advance In 2018 SWAC Baseball Tournament

18/05/17 at 6.43am   /   by Michael   /   0 Comment

The top seeds in the 2018 SWAC Baseball Tournament, as expected, advanced to the winners bracket after the first day of play. The SWAC arguably the top HBCU baseball conference in the country opened its tournament yesterday at Wesley Barrow Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana. Jackson State, Grambling State, Texas Southern and Alabama State turned back determined foes in opening day SWAC action. In the first game of the SWAC Tournament, Jackson State (33-16) won against University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff 13-3. Pine Bluff gave the SWAC regular season West Division Champions all they could handle early in the game. They

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Palestine, Oh Palestine We Mourn for Thee

18/05/15 at 6.15am   /   by Michael   /   2 Comments

   Photo by Ahmed Abu Hameeda on Unsplash Why are my Jewish friends so quiet on the killing of children in Palestine? Where is the moral outrage over the killing in this region? Where is the condemnation? And when I lift up my voice against this slaughter,why does that make me a Jew hater? Are Jews beyond reproach? Are the Jews right to keep the Palestinians from their homeland? Where is the peace? Can there be peace? Are the Palestinians right in wanting to live in Palestine? Who giveth and taketh this land of Palestine in murder? “Who really cares to save a

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SIAC Baseball Tourney Offers Life Lessons

18/05/08 at 9.35am   /   by Michael   /   0 Comment

On May 4, at the SIAC Baseball Tournament, my alma mater,Tuskegee University, was preparing to play a baseball game that  would put them in position to play in the championship game, if they won. A Tuskegee player ran pass me and said, “Mr. Harvey, you know anything about this.” I smiled and replied, “Yeah, I’ve been here before.” He laughed and replied, “No, you don’t know anything about this.” Little did he know that almost 45 years to the day, May 5, 1973, I had a similar date with destiny. My Tuskegee teammates and I had already won the 1973

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Albany State Wins SIAC Baseball Championship

18/05/07 at 10.20am   /   by Michael   /   0 Comment

The Albany State Golden Rams (28-16) defeated the Kentucky State Thoroughbreds to win the 2018 SIAC Baseball Championship. Coming into the tournament Albany State was ranked third in the Black College Nines Poll of small HBCUs. On their way to the conference championship, Albany State knocked off Miles College, the number one ranked team in the Black College Nines Poll, by a score of 8-3. The loss sent Miles to the loser’s bracket where they met a determined Kentucky State team (21-22),that had lossed a one run game (8-7) to Clark-Atlanta University before winning a thrilling one run game (5-4)

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Kentucky State Upsets Miles-Will Face Albany State for SIAC Crown

18/05/06 at 9.10am   /   by Michael   /   0 Comment

The Kentucky State Baseball team fought their way out of the losers bracket and will face a tournament favorite, Albany State for the conference crown. The winner will receive an automatic bid to the NCAA Division II Baseball Regionals. After dropping an opening game to Clark-Atlanta behind a good pitching outing from Chae Butler, KSU rebounded by defeating Tuskegee 5-4 on Friday night in a game marred by taunts of racism and name calling hurled at the umpires by Tuskegee fans. Next up for Kentucky State was James Randall coached Claflin team. Claflin is competing in their last SIAC Tournament

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Miles,Albany,Claflin Kentucky State Advances in SIAC Tourney

18/05/05 at 7.53am   /   by Michael   /   0 Comment

Miles College and Albany State squeaked out one-run wins to cap off an exciting day of baseball at the SIAC Baseball Tournament, which will crown a conference champion on Sunday. Both schools came into the tournament favored to reach the championship game. They are ranked number one and two in the HBCU National Baseball Poll. Miles sits atop the poll and Albany is in the number two spot. Miles faced a determined Tuskegee team and trailed most of the game as they could not ruff up Christian Marshall who kept them at bay with his fastball for seven innings. Tuskegee

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