I began this paper in earnest to look at the differences in organized baseball during the segregated history of Mobile. In doing so I also wondered if Mobile's History was similar or different from other parts of the country. Baseball has and probably always will be America's sport. It is America's past time - although it is played world wide, its immense popularity since its inception around 1840 has placed it in the forefront of all …
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…ed to be liberalized a little bit more than they are now. (Ethier) Mobile has discovered the many achievements of its black baseball players, and continues to do so through its Mobile Bay Bears team. In honoring Hank Aaron by naming the stadium Hank Aaron Stadium, Mobile took a great step to help ease the pain of the past. I hope this continues in baseball and life as we travel down the road to equality.