It's a late September afternoon in 1933.

It's the bottom of the fourth inning in Chicago's Kamisky Park.

The grandstands are full of 20,000 mostly black fans.

They're dressed in their finest clothing.

Some have traveled across the country to be in the stadium.

They're here to watch the inaugural East West Classic.

A showcase of the best talent black baseball has to offer.

All eyes are on Mule Suttles, a Negro League veteran who is stepping up to the plate.

He's a giant, six foot two and around 220 pounds, with a sling that when it connects, shakes

the stadium like an earthquake. And his team is down by two.

As he approaches the plate, the crowd cheers him on with chance of

Kick, Mule, kick.

Mule cracks one into left field.

Up, up, and into the grandstand.

The crowd roars.

It's a two-run homer for the Negro League power hitter

and the first home run in the history of the East West Classic.

Mule's team would go on to win the game, 11 to 7.

The East West Classic was a crowning achievement for the Negro Leagues.

It was a day when these superstars, kept out of the white major leagues, could come together

and say, we too are great.

But getting here wasn't easy.

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