Mayor Welch signs 5,000 autographed baseball in honor of Jackie Robinson Day
Mayor Ken Welch signed the 5000th baseball for the St. Petersburg Museum of…
Jackie Robinson
Coming home to Cooperstown
Born John W. Jackson, Bud Fowler was a pioneer in every sense of the word. Not only the…
Negro National League pioneer: James Franklin Oliver, Sr.
Known as the “King of Baseball” in St. Petersburg, James Franklin Oliver,…
Memorable moments in World Series history
BY FRANK DROUZAS, Staff Writer As the 114th edition of the Fall Classic is upon us, we…
Jackie Robinson Day at the Trop
BY FRANK DROUZAS, Staff Writer ST. PETERSBURG – It was 69 years ago that Jackie…
Baseball and the segregated South
BY JON WILSON, Columnist ST. PETERSBURG — A Mecca for baseball’s spring training…