TRACKING THE 2025 BLACK BASEBALL HALL OF FAME CLASS
We are one week away from the Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 2025 announcement. Who are you tracking? Black baseball fans are looking closely at CC Sabathia, who according to the public
WHAT THE HECK IS BASEBALL ARBITRATION?
The VERY short (barebones) version of baseball arbitration EXPLAINED. Baseball arbitration is often messy, and leads to nasty divorces between players and clubs. Baseball arbitration is different than football and basketball because
JUSTYN-HENRY MALLOY TALKS ABOUT HIS FIRST CAMP AND SUPPORT FOR OPERATION SMILE
View this post on Instagram A post shared by blackbaseballmixtape (@blackbaseballmixtape) Despite the low percentage of Black-American players in MLB, Black baseball players are more civically engaged and willing to give back
THE O’S ARE MAKING LOW-RISK/HIGH REWARD MOVES THAT HAVE BLACK FANS INTERESTED
Black baseball fans: Are you paying attention to the low-key moves made by the @orioles heading into Spring Training? The O’s signed former first-round picks Nick Gordon @flashgthe3rd & Jordyn Adams @jordynadams10 to minor league contracts. Both players
CAN WASHINGTON D.C. BE THE CAPITAL OF BLACK BASEBALL IN 2025?
Could Washington, D.C., be the center of Black Baseball in 2025? Don’t look now, but the Nationals have eight American-born Black players on their MLB roster, and they have all the ingredients
COULD BLACK ATHLETES HELP SOLVE THE HARRIS NARRATIVE ABOUT BLACK MALE VOTERS?
I recently watched an intriguing conversation between academic/author/activist Marc Lamont Hill, and best-selling author/journalist/activist Ta-Nehisi Coates, on Hill’s show UpFront on Al Jazeera English. The conversation was mostly about Coates’ new book
KENDRICK’S ICONIC UNIFYING MOMENT IS A CASE STUDY FOR GROWING BLACK BASEBALL
Words by Daniel McNatt @culturexcures This past Juneteenth, as Black Americans celebrated the day enslaved people in Texas finally found out about their freedom, another celebration occurred in Inglewood, California. Hip-hop, Los Angeles,
A NEW LANDSCAPE FOR THE MLB RECORD BOOKS
Words by Daniel McNatt @culturexcures For years Black baseball fans have wondered what the history of the game would look like ifNegro League ballplayers were able to compete against their white counterparts
FROM THE LOU: A CITY CONNECT FOR PURISTS
Words by Flobo Boyce By the time I am writing this, there have been seven Nike City Connect drops out of the planned nine this season but this one, is the most
METS CITY CONNECT DROP (A REVIEW)
WORDS BY FLOBO BOYCE via Just The Sandwich I thought I was done this week on The Sandwich. Had an article about the LA Galaxy up, and did a eulogy for the White Sox. I