Uploaded July 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Join us in West Baltimore to discover Leon Day Park, named for great baseball hall-of-famer, Leon Day. During Jim Crow, when White baseball teams barred Black participation, some of the best baseball players on Earth played in the Negro leagues. Leon Day was an all-star pitcher for teams like the Newark Eagles and the Baltimore Elite Giants. Thanks for watching and see you next week with another video.

This is our series called "Five Minute Histories." Every week, we’ll record a short video about a different historic place in Baltimore and post it on our Facebook page and YouTube channel.

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