Short entry but this is pretty exciting to me. Rawlings and the Negro League Museum are going to pick the 9 best fielders in the history of the Negro Leagues. That’s over 2600 players to go from and while some of the big names like Cool Papa Bell, Josh Gibson, Ernie Banks show be on the list, hopefully some names you don’t hear about may make the list. I’m going to make some predictions and see how close I come
Pitcher: Satchel Paige
Catcher: Roy Campenella
1st Base: Josh Gibson
2nd Base: Jackie Robinson
Shortstop: Ernie Banks
3rd Base: Judy Johnson
Left Field: Hank Aaron
Center Field: Willie Mays
Right Field: Cool Papa Bell
Here’s a nice link with video explaining the effort that Rawlings and the NLM is under taking to bring back some buzz and money their coffers.