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Willie Horton | How The Negro Leagues Helped Make The Game Global
Episode 73

Willie Horton | How The Negro Leagues Helped Make The Game Global

4x All-Star and 1968 World Series Champion Willie Horton joins Bob Kendrick in front of a live audience at Play Ball Park in Seattle, to discuss his experience of visiting the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, having a breakout season while playing in Puerto Rico early in his career, and how his good friend Buck O’Neil tried to sign him to the Chicago Cubs when he was only thirteen years old as a Spanish player. Hear how Willie dealt with being one of the early black players with the Tigers, plus his memories of the 1968 World Championship team, why he thinks Bob Gibson could have done what Shohei Ohtani is doing now, and so much more.

Black Diamonds · bob kendrick, willie horton

August 17, 202338m 7s

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Show Notes

4x All-Star and 1968 World Series Champion Willie Horton joins Bob Kendrick in front of a live audience at Play Ball Park in Seattle, to discuss his experience of visiting the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, having a breakout season while playing in Puerto Rico early in his career, and how his good friend Buck O’Neil tried to sign him to the Chicago Cubs when he was only thirteen years old as a Spanish player.

Hear how Willie dealt with being one of the early black players with the Tigers, plus his memories of the 1968 World Championship team, why he thinks Bob Gibson could have done what Shohei Ohtani is doing now, and so much more.

Follow Bob Kendrick on Twitter - @nlbmprez

To support the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, and preserve the legacy of Buck O'Neil, please visit ThanksAMillionBuck.com

Visit the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City - NLBM.com

See and Support the Dream of the NEW Negro Leagues Baseball Museum - Pitch for the Future

Follow Bob Kendrick on Twitter/X - @nlbmprez

 

Follow Bob Kendrick on Instagram - @nlbmprez

 

To support the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, please visit Donate | Negro Leagues Baseball Museum

 

Visit the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City - NLBM.com

 

See and Support the Dream of the NEW Negro Leagues Baseball Museum - Pitch for the Future


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