Heroes were born and died in the Negro Leagues.

Players, owners, teens, they were all-stars.

Recently, the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, and for that matter,

the movie industry lost a giant, one of the great voices of all time, the legendary James Earl Jones.

And for those of you who might not have been to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum,

we were so fortunate to have James Earl Jones lend his wonderful voice to our featured film entitled

They Were All Stars.

And needless to say that when the kids come into the theater to watch the film and they hear

that voice, they instantly recognize them, of course, as the voice

of Darth Vader. But we as adults recognize him as one of the great voices. And his loss

certainly stings. He lived a wonderful, long life. But again, just as I said about the late great Willie Mays, you don't

ever want to lose a James Earl Jones. Fortunately, the body of work, and particularly the baseball

body of work, is something that will be there forever to help us effectively remember him. Not that you're going to reduce his tremendous

life works to just baseball, but for those of us who work in the baseball industry, you can't

help us smile when you think about that voice and how it was utilized in some of the greatest

films related to baseball of all time. One of those films is the bingo long traveling all

stars and motor kings, where James Earl Jones plays Leon Carter. And I guess you could say that

he's loosely based on the great Josh Gibson. And I know that that role in that epic film,

that Motown film, meant a great deal to him.

And I do believe that was one of the reasons that he so graciously accepted our invitation,

the voice they were all stars at the Negro Leaks Baseball Museum.

So if you happen to be in Kansas City, make sure you stop in our grandstand

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