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"I played baseball for almost 20 years," [Cecil Kaiser] said, "and just think I could not play on the same team with White players. At my age (92), I'm never surprised. What goes around seems to come around."
"My playing days are over," he said. "I have no ill will against anyone. That's the way it was and it was what it was. It wasn't just in baseball that there were problems (being Black), it was everywhere else, too.""Because of this event the public is more aware of the legacy that these players produced," said Louis Manley, one of the founders of the Michigan Chapter of Negro Leagues Baseball. "Maybe the fans that came to the game will take it upon themselves to look at what these players went through for the love of the game. No matter how America treated them, they remained positive."The Detroit Tigers recently held their 15th annual Negro Leagues Tribute Game against the Cleveland Indians with the stated purpose of celebrating and acknowledging the contributions of Negro Leagues players to the long history of professional baseball. In 11 seasons with the Stars, Stearnes, who recently was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y., led the Negro Leagues in home runs six times and finished with a .359 career batting average.See the full content of this document
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The Detroit Tigers recently held their 15th annual Negro Leagues Tribute Game against the Cleveland Indians with the stated purpose of celebrating and acknowledging the contributions of Negro Leagues players to the long history of profe...
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