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30 for 30 Podcasts

Reclaimed: The Forgotten League - Ep. 6

30 for 30 Podcasts

ESPN

Sports

4.59.7K Ratings

🗓️ 9 November 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

The odds of seeing a Black American baseball player on the diamond were higher in the 1950s than they are today. Baseball's future will be defined by how it reckons with the past. But is it too little too late? Check out ABC Audio's "Reclaimed: The Forgotten League" on Apple Podcasts (https://tinyurl.com/27krwnxr), Spotify (https://tinyurl.com/mvejpt2t), Amazon Music (https://tinyurl.com/mrxxfkmu), or wherever you're listening now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is Vanessa Ivy Rose and I'm so happy you've been enjoying the latest season of ABC's series

0:06.8

reclaimed The Forgotten League right here in the 30 for 30 podcast feed. It's been a pleasure getting to tell you about my grandfather and to shed a light on the stories of black baseball.

0:18.0

Today we're bringing you the final episode of our story. If you like it, I hope you'll follow the Reclaim

0:24.2

podcast for more stories like this one. And make sure to stay tuned right here

0:28.9

because the next 30 for 30 podcast is coming your way in February.

0:33.4

I can't wait.

0:35.0

Until next time, thank you.

0:38.3

Here's today's episode. There are two teams warming up to face each other in the stadium in Detroit.

0:55.0

Both of them are made up of black high school students,

1:00.0

joking and jostling with each other on the side of the field. Start playing baseball around, I say three. I play-ball with my dad and I just went on from there

1:06.0

This is Jacobi Radcliffe. He's 18 years old. He's actually built a little like my grandpa.

1:13.0

He's at least six feet tall and has that same slim frame.

1:18.0

But the most noticeable thing about him is his confidence.

1:24.0

My walkout song? Okay, it's this song, it's called Outside by Mo3.

1:29.0

It's a great song by the way.

1:31.0

You will, it's nap time.

1:32.0

And they can find me in an outside.

1:34.0

Get hog-tide.

1:35.0

Yeah, because I'm outside.

1:37.0

I'm outside.

1:38.0

If they won't smoke, tell them we outside.

1:40.0

Jacobi is about to play in a tribute game for the Negro leagues, so he and the other players are decked out in the old-timey uniforms.

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