Part 1: 'Righting a Wrong'

Last year a person by the name of Katy Widrick posted a comment on one of my Negro League articles passing along a link for interviews her company conducted with Negro League players at MLB’s symbolic draft of in June 2008 (more on the draft in part 2 of this post).
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The feature video is titled Righting a Wrong with the following description:

"They had the skills to play in the big leagues but were denied the chance because of their skin color. In a symbolic gesture of goodwill, Major League Baseball "drafted" 30 former Negro League players -- the last living links to Jackie Robinson and Satchel Paige -- and celebrated those it once excluded.This story was done at Walt Disney World's Wide World of Sports complex."




The full video and article is available here:Growingbolder.com: Righting-a-Wrong

Additional bonus interviews were made available later in an article titled MLB Draft Bonus. The brief write up on the bonus footage said:


"When we met some of the surviving Negro League baseball players at the recent Major League Baseball draft at Walt Disney World, we were blown away by the stories these men -- and one woman -- shared about their climb to the the big leagues. And we shared those stories in the video Righting a Wrong. Now, we're sharing a longer version of some of the interviews, with stars like Dave Winfield, Ken Griffey, Bill Blair, Peanut Johnson and more."

The additional footage is avaible at Growingbolder.com: MLB Draft Bonus. There are 6 separate videos.



I would like to thank Katy Widrick for stopping by and passing along these links.