About

I’ve been a professional journalist with various types of media for 30-plus years, but every since I learned about the Negro Leagues from my mentor, Dr. William Wiggins, in his Sports and the Afro-American Experience class in 1993 at Indiana University-Bloomington (back when IU was actually an excellent school), I’ve been both a fan and historian of segregation-era, African-American baseball and the Black experience in America’s Pastime.

As a result, I’ve been delving into and writing about African-American baseball history, in varying amounts, ever since that class, and after literally hundreds of published articles and blog posts, that passion remains, still burning, and my goal with Home Plate Don’t Move is to pass on that passion, and maybe inspire a little bit of it in others.

And it’s more important than ever for us to strive to investigate, interpret and preserve the history and the legacy of the Negro Leagues and other Black baseball subjects. At a time when such endeavors and expressions are being whitewashed, ignored or outright banned across the country, such diligence and dedication to the cause is so very desperately needed.

As the godfather of the Negro Leagues, Rube Foster, famously said, “We Are the Ship, All Else the Sea,” and we must ensure that that metaphorically never sinks, never capsizes, never disappears over a lost horizon.

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  1. Hi. I noticed you did a blog about Bert Simmons and Tarboro baseball. You mentioned you did an article about Bill Foster playing for a team in Princeville. Could you send me that article? I am very intrigued about this and any other info about Bill Foster being in NC. I did find a few articles in black newspapers where he pitched for Rocky Mount & Princeville. So I am definitely wanting more info. Thanks.

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  2. Hi, My name is June and have inherited part of Colonel Tom, W. Dutton Senior trust to his children. He was the first LSU Hall of Fame were in 1911 1213 and went to World War I and came back and finished in 1917/18 in football. He was also in track with LSU. He served for 20 years on the board of LSU and help create LSU UNO ™ and then, with his own money, created Del Gato community college all over the state of Louisiana, a two-year college after World War II. I introduced you to him as President Hoover appointed him US, Marshall, the youngest of the south, and then Roosevelt asked him to resign and become in charge of intelligence with the Air Force out of Bakersfield Air Force Base in Louisiana Monroe During World War II. In the midst of part of my inheritance, his daughter, Marelle, Dutton Urso, and stories from his son, Tom, W. Dutton, Junior his father bought 30 acres so the Negro baseball league would have some to play. This acreage was in Prairieville, Louisiana, and the name of the team was “killer bees”. Field was located in Prairieville, Louisiana outside of Baton Rouge Louisiana. I am looking for history or articles on the baseball league and so is the sister that loves all the history behind All of his fathers accomplishments. I will be honest with you and tell you the reason that I’m doing this research is one of his friends name was taken off the library at LSU. I’ve heard from many many Black people and white, poor and rich, how he and his wife supported and help feed people. I personally don’t want to see Colonel Tom W.. Dutton Senior called the racist. I have found a lot of history of so many good things that this man has done for the state of Louisiana, and for all sorts of students, he was a big believer in education. Can you please help me find anything on the team killer bees in Prairieville Louisiana as I do know that they played here for a while but the team was then moved.

    With great respect, June Fallo (504)669-3879

    junef1234@gmail.com and his daughter

    Mary Dutton Urso maryedu@YMAIL.COM (this email is correct)

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