Josh Womack does a few other bat tricks before a Long Beach Armada game

April 24, 2010 by admin  
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Outfielder Josh Womack opens up his bag of tricks for the TV cameras in Edmonton to display his out-of-this-world bat tricks before a game between the Long Beach Armada and the Edmonton Capitals. Another video of Womack recently headlined Yahoo.com sparking a great deal of debate over whether or not the tricks were real. This should settle that debate. “They’re real, and they’re spectacular.”

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What did baseball mean to race relations and the American identity before integration?

December 15, 2009 by admin  
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Baseball is the “National Pastime” and before World War II it was the most popular sport in America. No blacks were permitted to play in white organized ball until 1946 because of racist league management. What do you think the fact that blacks created their own separate leagues says about the role of baseball in the American identity?

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