I was able to pick up an awesome snap shot of Chico Hernandez attempting to make a play at the plate. Hopefully the ump didn’t need to review the photo to see that the ball is loose! What a shot!!! I’m going to dig more into the details of the photo to try to learn the name of the other players and the ump. Chico drove in 85 runs and hit .337 for the 1938 Bloomers. He went on to be a part of the first all Latin battery in MLB history when he caught Hiram Bithorn in a Cubs game in 1942.

https://mchistory.org/assets/resources/articles/pantagraph-hernandez-chico-1732307477.pdf

My son is reading a book for school about the Negro Leagues and learning all about the players and the history of their league. So many greats played in the Negro Leagues so I wanted to share a few pieces I have in my collection that I share with my son.

Curt Flood made a huge decision, one that reverberates to this day. He filed a civil lawsuit against Bowie Kuhn, MLB Commissioner, challenging pro baseball’s reserve clause. Even though he would lose the case and be blackballed from the Major Leagues, not only is there free agency today, but there’s also the Curt Flood Rule, that means any player who’s played for a team five straight years and in the MLB for a total of ten years has to give the team his consent in order to be traded.

McGinnity threw ball in stands--no doubt trying to brighten a child fan's day w/ souvenir ball...