Dennis “Bose” Biddle, a pitcher in the former Negro Baseball League, pitched for the Chicago American Giants during the 1953 and 1954 seasons. The youngest living player in the history of Negro League Baseball, Biddle was named “The Man Who Beat the Man Who Beat the Man” at age 17 when he out pitched Lefty McKinnis, […]
African-American entrepeneur Rube Foster and partner John Schorling (who founded the Chicago American Giants in 1911) joined with other owners at the Kansas City YMCA to form the Negro National League. The eight teams included the Chicago Giants, Chicago American Giants, Kansas City Monarchs, Indianapolis ABCs, Dayton Marcos, St. Louis Giants, Detroit Stars, and the […]