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Black Diamonds

"The Black Aces": David Price, CC Sabathia, and Dave Stewart sit down with Bob Kendrick

Black Diamonds

SiriusXM

History, Baseball, Black History, Sports, Negro Leagues, Documentary, Equality, Society & Culture, Civil Rights

4.8617 Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2021

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

2012 Cy Young winner David Price, 2007 Cy Young winner CC Sabathia, and 1989 World Series MVP Dave Stewart join Negro Leagues Baseball Museum President Bob Kendrick to discuss the legacy of "The Black Aces", the elite fraternity of Black pitchers to have won 20 games in a Major League season, and pay their respects to the Negro Leagues icons who never got the chance.

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0:00.0

I want to introduce you to the Black Aces, a special fraternity of African-American

0:13.1

pitchers to win 20 games in a major league season. This fraternity was started by my good friend,

0:20.0

the legendary Jim Mutcat Grant, who would become the first black pitcher in the American League to win 20 games.

0:27.6

And in his book called the Black Aces, he wanted to recognize that very rare group and to hopefully use them to encourage others to want to follow in their footsteps.

0:43.3

I am honored to have joining me three members of the Black Aces.

0:48.3

The legendary Dave Stewart, one of the greatest big game pitchers in baseball history, was 1989 World Series

0:57.1

Most Valuable Player and won 20 games or more in four different seasons in 1987, 1988,

1:06.0

1989, and 1990.

1:09.5

Cici Sabathia, who joined the Black Aces in 2010 when he won 21 games and lost only seven,

1:17.6

but also won the Sy Young Award in 2007, and David Price, who would join the Black

1:24.6

Aces fraternity in 2012 when he went 20 and 5 and also won the

1:31.7

Sayyong Award.

1:32.8

Crowd changing Stu, Stu, Stoo, Stoole, and Mitchell gone on strikes. Number four for Dave Stewart, rounded to third, back, Stuh. And Mitchell gone on strikes.

1:46.0

Number four for Dave Stewart.

1:50.6

Rounded to third, backhanded by Phillips, Randolph, and Stuart has he shut up.

1:53.2

Cutter to strike him out and get his 12th strikeout.

1:55.7

And David Price dominated.

1:57.6

Swing and a miss, strike three.

2:02.7

It was the fastball, and it's strikeout number 13 for david price a brilliant pitching performance from david price who makes it back to back complete game wins the payoff

2:08.8

swung out and missed a new career high 12 strikeouts for sabathia one two pitch struck him out swinging there it is he has three strikeouts for Sabathia. One, two, pitch. Struck him out swinging.

2:18.3

There it is.

2:19.2

He has three strikeouts.

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