A version of this story previously appeared on MiLB.com in 2007. We present it again as Minor League Baseball celebrates ...

A version of this story originally appeared on MiLB.com in 2006. We present it here once more as Minor League Baseball celebrates Black History Month with stories of Black baseball pioneers.

“Robinson is actually named after Jackie Robinson, the first African-American baseball player in the MLB,” Livingstone said. “We loved the story. In my lineage, we actually have African ...