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Joshua Gibson (December 21, 1911 – January 20, 1947) was an American catcher in baseball's Negro leagues. He played for the Homestead Grays from 1930 to 1931, moved to the Pittsburgh Crawfords from 1932 to 1936, and returned to the Grays from 1937 to 1939 and 1942 to 1946. In 1937 he played for Ciudad Trujillo in Trujillo's Dominican League and from 1940 to 1941 he played in the Mexican League for Rojos del Aguila de Veracruz. Gibson served as the first manager of the Santurce Crabbers, one of the most historic franchises of the Puerto Rico Baseball League. He stood 6-foot-1 (185 cm) and weighed 210 pounds (95 kg) at the peak of his career.
Baseball historians consider Gibson to be among the very best catchers and power hitters in the history of any league, including the Major Leagues, and he was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1972. Gibson was known as the "black Babe Ruth." (In fact, some fans at the time who saw both Gibson and Ruth play called Ruth "the white Josh Gibson.") He never played in Major League Baseball because, under their unwritten "gentleman's agreement" policy, they excluded non-whites during his lifetime.
Actors: Tanner Smith (writer), Tanner Smith (writer), Tanner Smith (director), Tanner Smith (editor), Tanner Smith (actor), Tanner Smith (producer), Scout Smith (actor), Jt Shotwell (actor), Danielle Hicks (actress), Becca Studebaker (actor), Tracey Wade Reinhart (actor), Spencer Smith (actor), Lyndsey Ellis (actor),
Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Horror,Actors: Nate Duncan (actor), Fred DeRuvo (actor), Ruben Grijalva (writer), Ruben Grijalva (director), Ruben Grijalva (editor), Ruben Grijalva (producer), Marcus Marotto (producer), Sage Dietrich (actor), Reggie Clay (actor), Adam Gonzalez (composer),
Plot: Shadow Ball takes place in 1945, and tells the story of a ten-year-old white boy, Patrick, who has run away from home. While on his journey, Patrick stumbles across a Negro League barnstorming stop where they are playing a game of shadow ball. Shadow Ball is baseball played in pantomime - baseball with an imaginary ball. Intrigued, Patrick finds an opportunity and steals the invisible ball. Center fielder James 'Cool Papa' Bell follows the thief into the woods. After some trepidation, Bell indulges Patrick in a game of shadow catch.
Keywords: ball, baseball, shadowActors: Isaiah Washington (actor), Mykelti Williamson (actor), Blair Underwood (actor), Delroy Lindo (actor), Bob Minor (actor), Richard Riehle (actor), Jerry Hardin (actor), Edward Herrmann (actor), Jeff Coopwood (actor), Cylk Cozart (actor), R. Lee Ermey (actor), Obba Babatundé (actor), Guy Boyd (actor), Salli Richardson-Whitfield (actress), Edith Fields (actress),
Plot: Satchel Paige and Josh Gibson are the greatest players in the Colored leagues, and everyone expects that one of them will make the leap to the Major Leagues, now that there is talk of integration. But, unexpectedly, it's the rookie with the army record, Jackie Robinson, that gets tapped to be the first.
Keywords: african-american, baseball, baseball-movie, birmingham-alabama, black-romance, friendship, racialActors: Jimmy Hawkins (producer), Clifton Davis (actor), Jim Davis (actor), Ossie Davis (actor), Jack Elliott (composer), Stanley Rubin (producer), Tom Brocato (miscellaneous crew), Louis Gossett Jr. (actor), Richard A. Colla (director), Cleavon Little (actor), John Beradino (actor), Beverly Todd (actress), Danny Arnold (producer), Gloria Gifford (actress), Tonea Stewart (actress),
Plot: Story of Leroy 'Satchel' Paige, star pitcher in the Negro Leagues and later in the major leagues. Traces his life from his troubled youth, including his life in a detention school for Negroes, to his highs and lows in baseball and in his personal life.
Keywords: african-american, baseball, character-name-in-title, historical-event, racism