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Baseball. We played so for love, and we played for pride. Ma and we said and made much more. The hotelmo bugs, the roads whe crowds dont roar. The city life came with the lifs i chose, but we made due and came through because dammit we m were pros. N we played in the shadow of the s babe, lou gehrig, and the rest. G thenstad behind that big leagued fence while they were called the best. But we played them well, and we gave them hell with every hit tm and pitch. Then stayed behind that colored line and watched those guys gete rich. But did they see josh gibsons ri swing or satchel throuacross hi stuff . Do you know how bad it feels when your best y is not good enough . When clouds roll in across the sky to clo hide the brightest m its then youll find some stars dont shine, some folks were born too soon. Some so god bless you, Jackie Robinson, willie mays, and all. D you wore our numbers on your back when you played big league ball ....
Next, baseball historian phil dixon talks about the kansas city monarchs, the longestrunning franchise in the history of baseballs negro leagues. The Dwight D Eisenhower president ial library and museum hosted this hourlong event. And museum hosted this hour long event. First i want to say good afternoon, and i want to thank some people, of course, tim for giving me this opportunity to come down and speak with you today. Im really excited about it and samantha who handled a lot of the publicity for the event she did just a wonderful job and without people like that, also there was a local Radio Station that did a great interview, and between newspaper, radio, im always appreciative of all the people who support your visit and so i want to thank all of them before i get started. Im going to jump right into it and tell you a little bit about why im here. The kansas city mon ....
The packard car company, which said you could go 300 miles in a day. I guess he was desperate for ads because he did not like cars. Westin did not like cars just because he thought they made people walk less. Ironically, westin in 1927, was crossing a street in manhattan and was hit by a car and was left crippled and never walked again and died two years later at the age of 90. Oleary fareed a little better. He would stage walking exhibitions before Major League Baseball games. He would go out and challenge the fastest runner on the team to run around the bases twice while he walked around once and more often than not he won, and then he would pass the hat. Literally, pass a hat through the stands collecting nickels and dimes and this is basically how he funded his retirement. The book, i have a scene where i imagine he performed before a game in chicago between the white sox and as in 1927 and i imagine the players in the ....
Hosted this hour long event. First i want to say good afternoon, and i want to thank some people, of course, tim for giving me this opportunity to come down and speak with you today. Im really excited about it and samantha who handled a lot of the publicity for the event she did just a wonderful job and without people like that, also there was a local Radio Station that did a great interview, and between newspaper, radio, im always appreciative of all the people who support your visit and so i want to thank all of them before i get started. Im going to jump right into it and tell you a little bit about why im here. The kansas city monarchs was a Negro League Baseball team and most of you have heard of them. Maybe you heard of Jackie Robinson or Satchel Paige. ....