Tag: Baseball
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Chronicler of Negro Baseball in Florida
E. H. “Eugene” or “Gene McLin” This article uses the term “Negro” in order to stay consistent with the times and with McLin’s own words. Little is known of “Negro Baseball” of any kind in Florida. Due to a dearth of Negro newspapers in Florida there was seldom coverage of negro happenings that did not…
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“Fast Baseball”
A term from the early years In researching the early days of baseball in St. Pete, two “must haves” were made clear; a downtown ballpark and fast baseball. I saw the term “fast baseball” from 1902 and into the 20’s, so I Googled. All of those searches included AI-generated ones talked about a hard pitch…