Black Diamonds

Author Joe Posnanski and MLBPA President Tony Clark join Bob Kendrick at the "Thanks a Million, Buck" Hall of Fame Gala in Kansas City, for a night of laughter, storytelling, and celebration of the legend himself, Buck O'Neil.

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Bob Kendrick remembers the life of a dear friend of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, the late Maury Wills. Then author Ralph Wimbish Jr. joins the show to discuss the underappreciated career of a former Kansas City Monarch, the first Black Yankee, the first Black American League MVP, the first Black American League coach, and a man who SHOULD be in the National Baseball Hall of Fame - the great Elston Howard.

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Bob  Kendrick and Martha Jo Black tell the story of an amazing man - a former Baltimore Elite Giant, the 1952 NL Rookie of the Year, the first Black pitcher to win a World Series game, Jackie Robinson's roommate, and so so much more - the great Joe Black.

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Former Heisman Trophy Winner and current Tennessee State Head Football Coach Eddie George joins Bob Kendrick to discuss how HBCUs powered the Negro Leagues, and why HBCU athletics are on the rise once again, the barrier breakers of football's history, his journey into coaching, and his current work to bring Black-owned professional baseball to the Major Leagues with the Nashville Stars. 

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To support the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, and preserve the legacy of Buck O'Neil, please visit ThanksAMillionBuck.com

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1989 World Series MVP Dave Stewart joins Bob Kendrick in front of a live audience at the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum to talk about Rickey Henderson, Bob Gibson, Vida Blue, his place among baseball's Black Aces, and his efforts to bring baseball its first Black-owned franchise since the Negro Leagues, with the expansion Nashville Stars.

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To support the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, and preserve the legacy of Buck O'Neil, please visit ThanksAMillionBuck.com

Visit the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City - NLBM.com

Follow Bob Kendrick on Twitter/X - @nlbmprez

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Eight-time All-Star Darryl Strawberry sits down with Bob Kendrick for an intimate conversation about Black baseball - discussing what he owes to the Negro Leagues, the style and flair of Black baseball, how he would've never been a Major Leaguer if it weren't for Dave Parker, his upbringing from Crenshaw to the Bigs alongside Eric Davis, battling addiction as a pro, his work with the Players Alliance, the message he now spreads across the country, and just how to revive baseball in the Black community.

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To support the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, and preserve the legacy of Buck O'Neil, please visit ThanksAMillionBuck.com

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Bob Kendrick sits down with former Negro Leagues players Pedro Sierra of the Indianapolis Clowns and Sam Allen of the Kansas City Monarchs, in front of a live audience at Major League Baseball's Play Ball Park in Los Angeles. Hear firsthand stories of life with Henry Aaron, Minnie Miñoso, Satchel Paige, and more, as the legends discuss their careers in the Negro Leagues.

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To support the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, and preserve the legacy of Buck O'Neil, please visit ThanksAMillionBuck.com

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Was integration good for Black baseball?

The answer is nowhere near as simple as the question. ESPN's Clinton Yates and Insider's Bradford William Davis join Bob Kendrick to discuss, in front of a live audience at Major League Baseball's Play Ball Park in Los Angeles.

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To support the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, and preserve the legacy of Buck O'Neil, please visit ThanksAMillionBuck.com

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To support the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, please visit Donate | Negro Leagues Baseball Museum

Visit the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City - NLBM.com

See and Support the Dream of the NEW Negro Leagues Baseball Museum - Pitch for the Future

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Recorded at Buck O'Neil's Hall of Fame induction in Cooperstown, New York - Join Bob Kendrick, Bob Costas, Joe Posnanski, Joel Goldberg, Hall of Famer Lee Smith, and more as they tell stories of the life and legacy of John Jordan "Buck" O'Neil.

To support the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, and preserve the legacy of Buck O'Neil, please visit ThanksAMillionBuck.com

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Visit the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City - NLBM.com

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To support the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, please visit Donate | Negro Leagues Baseball Museum

Visit the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City - NLBM.com

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The founding board of The Players Alliance - Curtis Granderson, Edwin Jackson, and CC Sabathia - joins Bob Kendrick in front of a live audience at Play Ball Park in Los Angeles to discuss their work to make ba seball more accessible in urban communities, expanding opportunities for women, continuing the legacy of the Negro Leagues greats, honoring Buck O'Neil, and the greatest trash talkers in baseball history.

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To support the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, and preserve the legacy of Buck O'Neil, please visit ThanksAMillionBuck.com

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Visit the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City - NLBM.com

Follow Bob Kendrick on Twitter/X - @nlbmprez

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To support the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, please visit Donate | Negro Leagues Baseball Museum

Visit the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City - NLBM.com

See and Support the Dream of the NEW Negro Leagues Baseball Museum - Pitch for the Future

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