Charlie “Whip” Davis and Johnny Washington honored By Frederick Dakarai This past Saturday, July 9 marked the Milwaukee Brewers’ 6th Annual Negro League Tribute Game event. As part of the Negro Leagues Tribute, the Brewers wore reproductions of uniforms worn by the Milwaukee Bears, the city’s 1923 representative in the Negro National League. The Cincinnati [...]

Charlie “Whip” Davis and Johnny Washington to be honored; Brewers and Reds to wear replica uniforms from the Negro Leagues Era The Milwaukee Brewers will host the franchise’s sixth annual Negro Leagues Tribute at Miller Park on Saturday, July 9 vs. the Cincinnati Reds at 6:10 p.m. As part of the Negro Leagues Tribute, the [...]

By Frederick Dakarai I have grown to love the annual Negro League Tribute game by the Milwaukee Brewers which started in 2006. As a re-born baseball fan (2005), I have had the honor and privilege to meet some of the great players of the Negro Leagues and hear many of their hilarious and at-times disheartening [...]

Ollie Brantley and Clinton “Butch” McCord to be honored The Milwaukee Brewers will host the franchise’s annual ‘Negro Leagues Tribute’ at Miller Park on Saturday, May 29 vs. the New York Mets at 6:10 p.m. As part of the Negro Leagues Tribute, the Brewers will wear reproductions of uniforms worn by the Milwaukee Bears, the [...]