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Episode 326 - Judy Johnson Refuses To Go Gray Gracefully
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It was the most expensive trade in Negro League history. It was also specificallly designed to be the killing strike that finished off the Pittsburgh Crawfords. Finally, it ended the career of Hall of Fame third baseman Judy Johnson, who refused to report to the Homestead Grays when he and Josh Gibson were traded there 87 years ago this week. Mike and Bill look back at the Hall of Fame lives of Judy Johnson and Cumberland Posey, and the history of the Grays that brought about this historic deal.
Plus, happy birthday to Vern Law and Hank Sauer!
And farewell to Brant Alyea and Al McBean.
100 episodes
Manage episode 408232621 series 2814344
It was the most expensive trade in Negro League history. It was also specificallly designed to be the killing strike that finished off the Pittsburgh Crawfords. Finally, it ended the career of Hall of Fame third baseman Judy Johnson, who refused to report to the Homestead Grays when he and Josh Gibson were traded there 87 years ago this week. Mike and Bill look back at the Hall of Fame lives of Judy Johnson and Cumberland Posey, and the history of the Grays that brought about this historic deal.
Plus, happy birthday to Vern Law and Hank Sauer!
And farewell to Brant Alyea and Al McBean.
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