I’M TRAVELLING BACK IN TIME, THE YEAR IS 1878//

BUD FOWLER, THE FIRST PROFESSIONAL TO PLAY ON A TEAM THAT WAS INTEGRATED//

MAY FIRST  EIGHTEEN-EIGHTY FOUR, MOSES FLEETWOOD WALKER//

WENT 0-3 WITH TOLEDO AND SHUT UP THE BIG TALKERS//

OCTOBER FIRST, EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AN EIGHTY FIVE//

THE CUBAN GIANTS, LED BY FRANK THOMPSON, BECAME PRO BALL PLAYERS WHO WERE ORGANIZED//

JULY SEVENTEENTH, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THREE, DAN MCCLELLAN//

THREW UH 5 TA ZIP SHUT OUT VERSUS PENN PARK/ DESPITE BOOIN AN YELLIN//

SEPTEMBER THIRD, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND SIX, FOR THOSE WHO DON’T HAVE UH CLUE//

THA FIRST NEGRO CHAMPIONSHIP CUP WENT TO THE PHILADELPHIA GIANTS OVER THE CUBANS, THREE TA TWO//

CHECK YA DATES AN TIMES, AND FOLLOW ME THROUGH THIS WHOLE SEASON’S ROSTER//

THE 1ST SUCCESSFUL NATIONAL NEGRO BASEBALL LEAGUE WAS FORMED BY RUBE FOSTER,

FEBRUARY WAS THE MONTH, THE DAY WAS THE THIRTEENTH//

THE YEAR WAS NINETEEN TWENTY, WHEN THAT EVENT CAME TO BE//

IN 1924 WAS THE FIRST NEGRO BASEBALL WORLD SERIES//

1938, CHET BREWER IS THE FIRST TO ENTER THE MEXICAN LEAGUE/BARRIERS COMING DOWN IS MY THEORY//

JACKIE ROBINSON/THA FIRST BLACK TO CONTRACT IN THE MAJOR LEAGUES IN NINETEEN FOURTY-FIVE//

NINETEEN FOURTY-SEVEN WAS HIS 1ST OF NINETEEN CAREER HOME STEALS/HE WAS FAST AS FLIES//

PEOPLE LIKE, LARRY DOBY, DAN BANKHEAD, SATCHEL PAGE, & SAM LACY//

DON NEWCOMBE, MONTE IRVIN, JOE BLACK & ROY CAMPANELLA, I’M STILL TRACING//

BACK INTO TIME FROM WHERE IT ALL STARTED, TO PAY HOMAGE//

MANY MORE TO MENTION, LIKE ERNIE BANKS WHO SIMPLY ASTONISHED//

ELSTON HOWARD, THE 1ST TO WIN THE AMERICAN LEAGUE M-V-P AWARD//

AND CITO GASTON OF TORONTO PUT 3 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS ON THE BOARD//

TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAME/BUT DON’T JUST TRY TO FEED ME A BABY RUTH//

I DON’T LIKE CANDY, I GOTTA WISDOM TOOTH THAT SEARCHES THA ROOTS FOR TRUTH//

WRITTEN BY BLASTHEME

6-6-09

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