On the afternoon of April 15, I was on the field coaching a baseball game. A parent told me during the game about the Boston Marathon bombing. Details were scarce, but things didn’t sound good. On April 15, the Boston…
I visited Lumpkin’s Slave Jail a year ago with 30 new friends and heard Ben Campbell retell stories of the jail. This site brings a range of emotions when you hear Ben tell the story (read Ben’s take on Richmond history)…
When baseball returned to Richmond for its latest go-round in April 2010, there was no other place I wanted to be. After spending quite a few days during the summer of ’09 at Camden Yards, I was ready for baseball…
Bigler ran a study in which children read brief biographies of famous African-Americans. For instance, in a biography of Jackie Robinson, they read that he was the first African-American in the major leagues. But only half read about how he’d…
I can’t even imagine being David Price right now. The Tampa Bay rookie played his first Major League game just over a month ago. He is 23-years-old and wasn’t even playing professional baseball 16 months ago. His first Major League…
Over a decade ago, Major League Baseball retired Jackie Robinson’s number: no player would wear his number again. This year, on the anniversary of his debut, players around baseball wore #42 as a tribute to Jackie. Adam Jones wore #42…