SAAACAM historian Cristal Mendez said the Broncos played night games at Electric Park and attendance was robust, with people living nearby sitting on their rooftops to watch.
Museum for a Juneteenth celebration honoring Negro League baseball in South Texas during the Missions’ game against the Amarillo Sod Poodles.
SAAACAM has also partnered with the Texas Kidney Foundation for a special fundraising event beginning at 7 p.m. For a VIP ticket price of $75, attendees will have a chance to meet Negro League players in person, browse collectibles from the era, graze an all-you-can-eat food and drink buffet and enjoy pavilion seating during the game.on North San Pedro Avenue, now occupied by the VIA Metro Center, when electricity was still a rare and fascinating curiosity.
“I get the sense that people were very excited about this team,” she said, on par with how the city regards the San Antonio Spurs today, as champions that represented the city. Garrett said that while the Negro Leagues have received due attention nationally, including having players’ statistics finally included in official Major League Baseball records, what has received less recognition is “how embedded Black baseball was in every single community in the country. … In every single city and every single township that America had, if there was white baseball, then 95% of the time, there was Black baseball and there was Mexican baseball.
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