Starting at age 7, Nigerian immigrant Obie Sanni found baseball through another family, one in which proud African-American men pass down the love of baseball like an heirloom.

April 15 is Jackie Robinson Day, marking the date he broke baseball's color barrier. But the number of African Americans playing the game keeps shrinking — a result of some unpleasant truths.

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Yet only a mile away, a stadium is built to honor an African-American baseball player named Pop Lloyd. Dubbed the "Black Wagner", John Henry "Pop" Lloyd was one of the greatest athletes of his time.

Negro leagues were formed as an alternative to the MLB that only consisted of African American players. “There was a minor conspiracy to keep blacks out of baseball,” says Wirthwein.

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He was one of the very best baseball players alive ... and then to the many other young African-American players who were suddenly being scooped up by major-league franchises.

America regularly enforced segregation, especially after the American Civil War. This also included baseball, the rapidly ...

Sacramento State baseball’s slugger, JP Smith, broke the home run record while growing African American representation in ...

In the '74 Series there were 15 African-American players. Today there are 3. And the number of African-American baseball players on Major League Baseball teams stands around 8% – that's a huge ...

in his search for a black player with the talent and fortitude to integrate Major League Baseball. On April 15, 1947, Robinson, wearing the number 42, became the first African American player in ...

(MLB) Rodall and Tisdale said it’s important to remember how the Red Caps and others laid the foundation for African American baseball players to thrive. “Remember who started this for them ...