Former Phillies slugger Ryan Howard makes pitch for Negro Leagues Baseball Museum expansion

Former Phillies slugger Ryan Howard makes pitch for Negro Leagues Baseball Museum expansion - The Philadelphia Sunday Sun

Former Philadelphia Phillies’ Ryan Howard smiles before a ceremony honoring him before a baseball game between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Washington Nationals, Sunday, July 14, 2019, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum) By Dan Gelston associated press PHILADELPHIA — Ryan Howard was a rookie with the Philadelphia Phillies just putting baseball on notice with his moonshot home runs when he met Buck O’Neil, a champion of Black ballplayers…

Padres skipper Shildt backs expansion of Negro Leagues Baseball Museum

The Negro League Memphis Red Sox team poses for a team shot in 1949 in Memphis, Tennessee. Hall of Famer Willie Wells is in the back row, third from right. (Photo from the Rucker Archive/Icon Sportswire) Padres manager Mike Shildt will join the “Pitch for the Future” to bring greater awareness to the legacy of the Negro Leagues with an expansion of the famed Kansas City museum. Shildt was a frequent visitor of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum w…

Former Phillies slugger Ryan Howard backing Negro Leagues Baseball Museum expansion

Ryan Howard was a rookie with the Philadelphia Phillies just putting baseball on notice with his moonshot home runs when he met Buck O’Neil, a champion of Black ballplayers during a monumental, eight-decade career on and off the field.

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Howard makes pitch for Negro Leagues Baseball Museum expansion

PHILADELPHIA — Ryan Howard was a rookie with the Philadelphia Phillies just putting baseball on notice with his moonshot home runs when he met Buck O’Neil, a champion of Black ballplayers during a monumental, eight-decade career on and off the…

Former Phillies slugger Howard makes pitch for Negro Leagues Baseball Museum expansion

Former Philadelphia Phillies slugger Ryan Howard and San Diego Padres manager Mike Shildt announced their plans Thursday to join the Negro Leagues’ “Pitch for the Future” in bringing greater awareness to the legacy of the Negro Leagues with a museum…