"The Homestead Grays" Part 2: with Washington Nationals First Baseman Josh Bell

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

4.8 • 617 Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2021

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Former Pittsburgh Pirate and current Washington Nationals first baseman Josh Bell joins Negro Leagues Baseball Museum President Bob Kendrick to talk about following in the footsteps of Josh Gibson (2:10), the biggest home runs of his own career (04:35), the legends of the Homestead Grays (7:33), the impact of Negro Leagues history on his own life (18:55), being a Black athlete in 2021 (25:29), and how close Josh Gibson came to breaking the color barrier (34:49).

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0:00.0	Major League Baseball on Sirius XM is a fan's field of dreams.
0:05.7	I can hear every game?
0:07.3	From the first pitch to the last out of the World Series.
0:11.3	What about my hometown announcers?
0:13.5	They're on the Sirius XM app.
0:15.8	They built it knowing you would come.
0:18.1	Ray, there's even an entire radio channel filled with experts talking baseball all day long.
0:24.4	Is this heaven?
0:25.8	No, Ray.
0:26.8	It's MLB Network Radio, Channel 89.
0:30.1	This summer, experience Negro Leagues 101, a celebration of the 101st anniversary of the founding
0:37.3	of the Negro Leagues
0:38.4	at the Negro League's Baseball Museum in Kansas City.
0:41.8	For more information, plus event schedules, video exhibits, and safety guidelines,
0:46.8	visit nLBM.com and follow the museum on Twitter at NLB Museum KC
0:53.4	and follow Bob at NLBM Pres.
0:59.3	Bell swings, hits one deep to left, toward the wall, fan back, looking at it, and there
1:05.4	goes.
1:06.6	Josh Bell, hits his first career walkoff. A three-run home run to left.
1:12.4	Swinging a fly ball out to left.
1:14.7	Deep.
1:15.4	Deaza back to the wall.
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