Thoughts and pictures of my local minor league baseball team the New York Penn League Connecticut Tigers; a Detriot farm team. We'll still be looking at former Navigators/Defenders players along the way....

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Ellie...



Yankees soured on Vic Powers and Elston became their first black player on the MLBB level.

2 Comments:

Blogger thehondohurricane said...

The "story" is supposedly he was moved to KC because he was dating a White lady. Don't have a clue if it's true or not, but I don't believe he was what the Yankees wanted at first base either. He was a good fielder, carried a decent average, played the game the right way, but had no power. Moose had the power then. I never believed his social life had anything to with it only because it was New York, not Biloxi.

7:35 PM

 
Blogger greg8370 said...

That's the word as well according to Roy White in his book. Yanks were looking for the right guy to break their color line both on and off the field.

10:36 PM

 

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