Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – December 28, 2016

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Vanessa Ivy Rose, friend of the podcast and grand daughter of Negro League star and Hall of Famer Turkey Stearnes, returns to the podcast.

We talk about some tough issues about the world today, regard race and perceptions and they ways that sports can raise relevant questions.

Hard questions are not necessarily answered on this episode of The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.

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Listen to her previous appearance on the podcast by clicking HERE.

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Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – November 24, 2016

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Happy Turkey Day! And what better way to pay tribute to Turkeys today than talking about Negro League Star and Hall of Famer Turkey Stearnes.

His granddaughter, Vanessa Ivy Rose (nee Vanessa Thompson) is a friend of the podcast and joined me to talk about her granddad, his legacy and the Cooperstown experience.

Be Thankful for friends on this episode of The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.

My blog post I wrote that connected us way back when can be found HERE.

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Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – January 20, 2014

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On Dr. King’s day, I discuss segregation in baseball and why that was worse than any PED scandal.

Plus a Sully Baseball Daily Podcast salute to Oscar Charleston.

If you hear that name and ask “Who?”, then that is truly the tragedy of a segregated game.

My post “A Dream Team for Dr. King” can be read HERE.

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Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – January 20, 2014