Through Daniel Johnson
June 15, 2025
The Detroit Tigers recently played their 29th annual Negro Leagues Tribute Game, in honor of Detroit Legends such as Norman ‘Turkey’ Stearnes.
The Detroit Tigers, only half a match behind the best record in Major League Baseball, are located in the middle of a six-game homesty that also marks their black in baseball weekend. On June 14, the team kept his 29th annual Negro Leagues Tribute -Game and he paid tribute to Detroit icons such as Norman “Turkey” stearnes.
According to AudacyOn the day of the tribute game, the Tigers give away Detroit Stars Jerseys for the first 15,000 fans who entered Comerica Park and held a Q&A session with former Negro Leagues players, including Minnie Forbes, Johnny Walker, Ron Teasley and Pedro Sierra for the game, for the game, for the game, the ball park around the ball park.
According to Wxyzthe late Stearnes’ daughters, Joyce Stearnes Thompson and Rosilyn Stearnes-Brown, sang the national anthem on June 13and the black national anthem on June 14.
On June 15, which closes the black of the Tigers in the baseball weekend, the first throw will be thrown away by Kyle Terry and Kaleb Johnson, the MVPs of the Black Baseball Motor City Classic.
On JuneteENTH, who closes the homestat of the Tigers, Angela Davis, the president of Detroit’s NAACP Branch, “Tilt Every Voice and Sing” will sing, while Honw. Dr. Wendell Anthony throws away the ceremonial first throw, and Daryl Beebe, a saxophonist, will perform the National Anthem.
Major League Baseball has been deeper into the Negro competitions in recent years, embodied by the inclusion From Negro competitions statistics in the record books of the MLB in 2024, and the recording of the Negro competitions in the MLB the storylines of the show in recent years.
Bob Kendrick, the president of the National National Negro Leagues Baseball Musuem of Kansas City, a central figure in the storylines -mode, told The Today Show that was the central question that the Negro competitions were for him, in contrast to the MLB apartheid system, you can play “?”
In 2024, Kendrick Think about the positive effect that the function of the museum has had in the video mode in an interview with Paste magazine.
“Last year people got it because they saw the museum in the video game. That was one of the ways in which you can already measure the impact that this game has had. Season. That was huge to see,” said Kendrick.
Hij vervolgde: “Ik heb het naar je meegebracht waar je ermee kunt omgaan, en nu wil je meer leren, en voor mij is dat wat deze game zo’n zinvolle impact heeft. Via deze videogame hebben we de negercompetities geïntroduceerd aan miljoenen jonge mensen en jonge volwassenen die waarschijnlijk nooit hebben geweten over de geschiedenis van de neger van de neger van de neger van de neger van de neger van de neger van de neger van de neger van de neger Of the Negro of the Negro of the Negro of the Negro of the Negro, it does not agree on the history of the history of the history of history, young adults who have been connected to this game than this museum has been in operations.
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