I had a chance to go through a couple years of the Louisiana Weekly, NOLA’s long-time African-American newspaper, and I came across this from December — a photo announcing Gretna, La., native J.B. Spencer’s signing by the Birmingham Black Barons, who were, at the time, managed by another Louisiana native, Winfield Welch, who used his new gig in Alabama to open a pipeline to NOLA talent.

Anyways, I thought this was pretty cool.