Shut out by the white establishment, Black players formed their own leagues. During that time, Black baseball stars played their White counterparts at least 438 times in offseason exhibition games.

"I don’t want to say this. Baseball is a White sport. I feel like White people criticize everything that a Black man does. Black men are outspoken. They say what’s on their minds," he told The ...

“I don’t want to say this. Baseball is a white sport. I feel like white people criticize everything that a black man does. Black men are outspoken. They say what’s on their minds,” he told ...