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HBCU Baseball Classic's Historic Night at the Friendly Confines of Wrigley Field

HBCU Legends On SI·Kyle Mosley·29 days ago
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CHICAGO — Wrigley Field has stood for 112 years in Chicago. The historic ballpark was where Babe Ruth called his shot in 1932 and Jackie Robinson took the field there as a Brooklyn Dodger. On Saturday night, the Friendly Confines of Wrigley Field hosted two HBCUs for the first time in the stadium's history. The inaugural Chicago HBCU Baseball Classic saw the Alabama A&M Bulldogs defeat the Prairie View A&M Panthers 10-7, but the final score only revealed a fraction of the story. The Southwestern Athletic Conference ( SWAC ) matchup took place exactly 106 years after the first Negro Leagues game was played on May 2, 1920 in Chicago, Illinois, with the Chicago American Giants taking the field. Saturday's game between the Bulldogs and Panthers created a connection between the past and present of Black baseball that organizers had been working towards for months.…

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