Rowan Ricardo Phillips

poet, historian, author

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Decades worth of Negro League figures are now part of the Major League Baseball’s record books . Poet, historian, and author Rowan Ricardo Phillips argues that MLB should do more.

Is Major League Baseball doing enough to atone for past segregation?

Decades worth of Negro League figures are now part of the Major League Baseball’s record books . Poet, historian, and author Rowan Ricardo Phillips argues that MLB should do more.

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It’s baseball’s opening day. KCRW takes you back almost 50 years to April 8, 1974.

Major League Baseball will recognize stats from Negro Leagues. One historian says that’s insufficient

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