Well we finally made it to the show. If you go to the front page of ESPN.com 's website and look at voices in the spotlight section you'll see an article on our efforts.

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This picture shows Biz Mackey and aJapanese baseball player. He is considered the father of baseball in Japan. He actually hit the first homerun ever at Jingu stadium in 1927. here is a blurb from NLBPA website

JAPAN 1927 and 1932, the Philadelphia Royal Giants, a team of Negro League All-Stars, traveled to Japan. Led by Biz Mackey, Rap Dixon and Frank Duncan, during the two tours they won 46, lost one, and tied one game. The Negro League players were given a great reception in Japan and helped the Japanese refine their baseball tactics. The success of these trips may have influenced a number of ex-Negro League players to join Japanese pro teams during the 1950s. In this incredibly rare Japense sports magazine (1927), the cover shot is of a Japanese player shaking hands with the Philadelphia Stars Biz Mackey and inside pages show American players black and white; one photo even shows Emperor Hirohito throwing a ball with black players watching -- something no American leader would have done at the time.