April 11, 1966, Umpire Emmett Ashford, made his major league debut in a Washington Senators vs the Cleveland Indians game in D.C. I never had a chance to meet Emmett, but his beautiful daughter came to hear me speak in Los Angeles shortly before the pandemic in 2020.

April 11, 1938, Cristóbal Torriente Cuban/Negro League baseball great died in New York. He formerly played for the All-Nations, the American Giants, and Detroit Stars. In 2006 he was inducted into Baseball's Hall of Fame, 68 years after his death. NLBalive.com

April 10, 1921, Wilber 'Bullet' Rogan tossed a 3-hitter to whip the Crystals of Oakland, California, in Oakland, for a 2-0 win. Rogan struck out 11 batters. He is a baseball hero from my hometown. NLBalive.com

April 10, 1971, Pittsburgh's Willie Stargell hit three home runs and drove in four runs in a Pirates' 5-4 loss to the Atlanta Braves in 12 innings. NLBalive.com

April 10, 1910, At St. Louis, Missouri, St. Louis Giants 11 Louisville Stars 0. This was a no-hit win pitched by the Giants' Bill Gatewood. NLBalive.com

April 10, 1950, Kenneth 'Ken' George Griffey Sr. is born at Donora, Pennsylvania.  Father and son.

April 9, 1933, Manager George Scales' New York Black Yankees defeated the Brooklyn Bushwick 4-2 at New York's Dexter Park. Clint Thomas went 3-for-3 to lead all hitters. In the third inning, Thomas and Scales tripled off the former big leaguer Stan Baumgartner.

April 10, 1924, Harold 'Yellowhorse' Morris is signed by the Kansas City Monarchs of the Negro National League and will leave for Kansas City on April 11. Formerly of the Pierce Colored Giants of Oakland, California, Morris went 18-4 in 1923. NLBalive.com

April 9, 1921, In Winter League action, the Los Angeles White Sox beat the Crystal Laundry team in a 9-3 final. Bob Fagen led all hitters with a trio of safe blows. Ruben Curry, of Kansas City's Lincoln High School, the winning pitcher, struck out 10 batters.

Celebrating Black History 365!
Josh Gibson Foundation Negro Leagues Matter Webinar Series #4. Date: April 13/2024
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Title: The History of The Negro Leagues
Speaker: Phil S. Dixon
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April 8, 1974, Hank Aaron hit his 715th career home run, breaking The Babe's major league record of 714 homeruns. Do you remember where you were on that historic evening. Please share if you're able. NLBalive.com

April 8, 1911, Lefty John W. Donaldson, age 20, of Walter Brown's Tennessee Rats from Holden, Missouri, tossed a 3-0 shutout and struck out 19 of the Kirksville Leaguers in Novinger, Missouri. NLBalive.com

Catch preeminent Negro League Author Phil S. Dixon and myself today on AM 1370 KDTH taking about this Saturday's baseball conference at the Hotel Julien Dubuque and Field of Dreams Movie Site. You can listen online at radiodubuque.com at 12:30pm today!

April 8, 1905, For a third consecutive day, Sol White's Philadelphia Giants whipped Newark of the International League in an exhibition game. Bill Monroe and Grant 'Home Run' Johnson hit home runs in the 10-4 demolition of the minor leaguers. NLBalive.com

April 7, 1972, American Giant and Memphis Red Sox catching great, Ernest 'Larry' Brown, died in Memphis, Tennessee. Born in Pratt City, Alabama in 1901, I had the pleasure of including this baseball card in the 1994 Ted Williams Negro League subset. NLBalive.com

Special THANKS to another valued customer in Des Plaines, Illinois for purchasing the Three Volume set of “The Great Teams” Your order is on the way with a little surprise. NLBalive.com

April 7, 1905. For a second consecutive day, the Philadelphia Giants defeated Newark of the International League. The Atlantic City game ended had 6-4 final as timely hitting and a 5 run first guaranteed the win. Dan McClellan, (standing right, last person) went the distance.

April 6, 1905, Sol White's Philadelphia Giants thumped Newark's Eastern League team in a 5-3 final at Inlet Park in Atlantic City. Grant 'Home Run' Johnson's two home runs and a complete game by Emmett Bowman turned the trick.

April 5, 1915, Jack Johnson is defeated by Kansan Jess Willard in 26 rounds in Havana, Cuba and lost the World's Heavyweight Championship. Johnson, reportedly, took a dive. Back in 1907 Johnson had umpired a baseball game between the Cuban Giants and Philadelphia Giants.

April 6, 1915, Rube Foster's Chicago American Giants collected 20 hits, 4 by Frank Duncan, as every batter in the line-up had at least one, in a 8-1 win over Victoria of the Northwest League in Victoria, Washington. Louis Santop doubled and Bill Francis homered in the win.