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In this episode we're joined by Ron Teasley, one of three surviving members of baseball's Negro Major Leagues. At 96-years-old, Teasley is easily our most seasoned guest and we're incredibly grateful for his gift of time, recollections, and insights into a very different era of athletics and being a sports fan.

Some useful links that are referenced during our time with Teasley:

• Teasley's Baseball-Reference page;
• Teasley's Wayne State University Athletics Hall of Fame page;
• Fellow WSU Hall of Famers: John Kline and Charlie Primas;
• Historic Hamtramck Stadium;
• The Brewster Recreation Center and the Kronk Recreation Center;
• Baseball Hall of Famers: Satchel Paige, Jackie Robinson, & Turkey Stearnes;
• Formder boxing Heavyweight Champion, Joe Louis;
• The Detroit Stars and New York Cubans Negro League franchises;
• The PONY League and the Mandak League;
• Fellow Detroit schoolboy star, Sammy Gee's Baseball Reference page;
• Longtime Detroit high school coach and the first black NCAA Division I basketball coach, Will Robinson;
• Long time MLB player, Minnie Minoso's Baseball Reference page;
• Long-time MLB player and Detroit antive Willie Horton's Baseball Reference page;
• Detroit Northwestern HS stars Alan Hardy, Curtis Jones, and Terry Tyler;
• The Goodwill Games;
• The Michigan Chronicle.

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