tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59730396568595896782024-03-12T17:03:18.277-07:00The official blog of historic Hamtramck StadiumHistoric Hamtramck Stadiumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00619834417204043111noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973039656859589678.post-6907457123544383412019-07-09T19:07:00.002-07:002019-07-15T18:31:01.958-07:00Jack White & friends to play charity baseball match Thursday at historic Hamtramck Stadium<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif;"><b>HAMTRAMCK, MICH. —</b> Detroit native </span></span><a href="https://jackwhiteiii.com/news/" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: blue;"><b>Jack White</b></span></u></span></span></span></span></a> and his Warstic Woodmen will play a sandlot<span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif;">-style baseball game <b>Thursday, July 11 at noon</b> at the former home of the Negro League Detroit Stars, Hamtramck Stadium, to benefit <b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pg/hamtramckstadium/posts/" target="_blank">the Friends of Historic Hamtramck Stadium</a></b>. <b> </b></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 19.2px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif;">White, an avid baseball fan best known for fronting legendary Detroit garage-rock band</span></span><a href="https://thirdmanstore.com/bands/the-white-stripes" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: blue;"><b>the White Stripes</b></span></u></span></span></span></span></a><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif;">, is part owner of <a href="https://warstic.com/pages/about-us" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: blue;">Warstic</span></b></a>, a Dallas-based sporting goods company founded by former professional baseball player <b>Ben Jenkins</b>.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 19.2px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif;">White is currently <a href="https://ultimateclassicrock.com/raconteurs-2019-north-american-tour/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: blue;">on tour with his band the Raconteurs</span></b></a><b style="color: black;"> </b>and will play a charity match against a local team of "all-stars" to help raise funds for the restoration of Hamtramck Stadium,</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> one of the few remaining major Negro League ballparks in America</span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 19.2px;">. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 19.2px;">Earlier this year, <b><a href="https://hamtramckstadium.blogspot.com/2019/03/jack-white-to-help-restore-hamtramck-stadium.html" target="_blank">White kick-started a crowdfunding campaign</a></b> t</span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 19.2px;">o help restore the playing field. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 19.2px;">With <b><a href="https://www.freep.com/story/entertainment/music/brian-mccollum/2019/07/09/jack-white-brendan-benson-detroit-homecoming/1685636001/" target="_blank">the number-one album in the country</a></b> this week, White and the Raconteurs will kick off their American tour this weekend with two shows <b><a href="https://thirdmanrecords.com/on-tour/" target="_blank">at Detroit's Masonic Temple</a></b>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="line-height: 19.2px;">Located near the border of Detroit in the diverse city of Hamtramck, Michigan, Hamtramck Stadium hosted many Negro League legends over the years, including Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson, Cool Papa Bell, and Detroit's own <b><span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://hamtramckstadium.blogspot.com/2018/05/new-turkey-stearnes-photos-discovered.html" target="_blank">Norman "Turkey" Stearnes</a></span></b>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 19.5px;">Former Negro Leaguer <b>Ron Teasley</b>, 92, will throw out the first pitch to f</span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 19.5px;">ormer Detroit Tiger and Hamtramck native <b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/hamtramckstadium/photos/a.810871052258689/1407789525900169/?type=3&theater" target="_blank">Ike Blessitt</a></b> and Stearnes' granddaughter </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: times, 'times new roman', serif; line-height: 19.5px;">Vanessa Rose</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 19.5px;"> will start in center field for the home team. </span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 19.2px;">White will be joined on the field Thursday by Warstic founder and former Philadelphia Phillies farmhand </span><b style="line-height: 19.2px;">Ben Jenkins</b><span style="line-height: 19.2px;">, Raconteurs bandmate </span><b style="line-height: 19.2px;">Brendan Benson</b><span style="line-height: 19.2px;">, and a host of other friends and bandmates, including </span><b style="line-height: 19.2px;">Tori Kinsler</b><span style="line-height: 19.2px;">, whose brother <b>Ian Kinsler</b> played for the Detroit Tigers (2014–2017) and who is part owner of Warstic, along with Jenkins and White.</span></span><br />
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<b style="color: #222222; line-height: 19.5px;">Admission to Hamtramck Stadium is free</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 19.5px;">. Donations to the Friends of Historic Hamtramck Stadium will be accepted, and Warstic merchandise will also be available for sale to help benefit the Friends and the continued restoration of the playing field. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 19.5px;">Fans are encouraged to bring water, sunscreen, and folding chairs. </span></span><br />
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<i style="color: #222222; line-height: 19.5px;"><b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Historic Hamtramck Stadium is located at 3201 Dan Street, Hamtramck, MI 48212. </span></b></i><br />
<i style="line-height: 19.5px;"><b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #222222;">For directions to Hamtramck Stadium, <a href="https://goo.gl/maps/VQvssTq3Bh75Mrbj9" target="_blank">click here</a>. </span></span></b></i><br />
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<i style="line-height: 19.5px;"><b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="color: #222222;">To support the Friends of Historic Hamtramck Stadium, </span><a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=YTUkbUXFU7DljeQXR32c0GrIQR0IbjoYrsl6cs4Uf2Zvr2Z4yeCM58bClbHn-jtF_uGHWW&country.x=US&locale.x=US" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">click here</span></a><span style="color: #222222;">.</span></span></span></b></i><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times new roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In conjunction with the Detroit Historical Society and the Black Historic Sites Committee, t</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times new roman";">he Friends of Historic Hamtramck Stadium </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times new roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">proudly announce a centennial celebration of the Negro League Detroit Stars baseball club with a new exhibit<b> </b>opening Saturday, June 15 at </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "times new roman";"><a href="https://detroithistorical.org/about-us/our-museums/detroit-historical-museum" style="font-family: 'times new roman';" target="_blank">the Detroit Historical Museum</a></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times new roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times new roman";"> </span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times new roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"The Negro Leagues and Detroit Stars" exhibit marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Detroit Stars and showcases the remarkable saga of Detroit’s Black Baseball history, including the Stars and their Hall of Fame outfielder <a href="https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/stearnes-turkey"><span style="color: #1155cc;">Norman “Turkey” Stearnes</span></a>.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times new roman";"> </span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times new roman";">Negro League teams and their legendary players will be featured in rich, graphic display panels, including a life-size painting of Turkey Stearnes by acclaimed Negro Leagues artist <a href="http://www.phildewey.com/"><span style="color: #1155cc;">Phil Dewey</span></a>. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times new roman";">Upon entering the gallery, visitors will also see a display dedicated to the history of Women in Black Baseball. The exhibit will also include artifacts, memorabilia and a historic timeline of Black Baseball in Detroit.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times new roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">An opening reception at the Detroit Historical Museum in the Allesee Gallery of Culture, complete with hot dogs and refreshments, will take place on <b>Saturday, June 15 from noon to 3 p.m.</b> Later in the day at 6:10 p.m., <a href="https://purchase.tickets.com/buy/MLBEventInfo?orgid=28&agency=MLB&pid=8628340&tfl=Detroit_Tigers-Schedule-Detroit_Tigers:_Schedule:_Schedule-na-x0-Desktop-Landscape"><span style="color: #1155cc;">the Detroit Tigers will host the Cleveland Indians</span></a> at Comerica Park, making this the perfect tailgate-style pregame party. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times new roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The reception kicks off with opening remarks from members of the Black Historic Sites Committee, Turkey Stearnes’ daughters Joyce Stearnes Thompson and Rosilyn Stearnes Brown, and Friends of Historic Hamtramck Stadium founder Gary Gillette. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times new roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Before <a href="https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/bb9e2490"><span style="color: #1155cc;">Jackie Robinson</span></a> broke the color barrier in 1947, so-called “organized baseball” was a segregated sport that banned African Americans. During this era of discrimination, major-league baseball stadiums were often off limits to Negro League teams.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times new roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Locally, the Detroit Stars played at Mack Park on the city’s east side from 1919 to 1929, before moving in 1930 to <a href="http://www.hamtramckstadium.org/"><span style="color: #1155cc;">Hamtramck Stadium</span></a>, one of the last remaining major Negro League ballparks in America today.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times new roman";"> </span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times new roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Inspired by the 100th anniversary of the Detroit Stars, this fascinating new exhibit represents the cornerstone of activities organized by the BHSC in 2019 to educate the public about the history of Black baseball in Detroit.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times new roman";"> </span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times new roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So far this year we’ve co-hosted <a href="https://detroithistorical.org/things-do/events-calendar/events-listing/black-historic-sites-bus-tour-3"><span style="color: #1155cc;">bus tours</span></a> of historic Black baseball sites and <a href="https://detroithistorical.org/things-do/partnership-programs"><span style="color: #1155cc;">an ongoing Negro League film series</span></a>. A custom designed T-shirt commemorating the Detroit Stars will be available for sale during the reception, designed by the BHSC to raise funds for its programs.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times new roman";"> </span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times new roman";">An affinity group of the Detroit Historical Society, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pg/BHSC71/posts/"><span style="color: #1155cc;">the Black Historic Sites Committee</span></a> was formed in 1971 by then Detroit City Councilman Ernest Browne. Since its inception, the BHSC has remained dedicated to discovering and exploring historic sites around Detroit that recognize the significant people and events of the city’s African American community.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times new roman";"> </span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times new roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Detroit Historical Museum is located at 5401 Woodward Ave. To visit the Facebook event page, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/2369558896649824/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc;">click here</span></a>.</span></i><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />Historic Hamtramck Stadiumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00619834417204043111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973039656859589678.post-14125817104963554412019-04-23T10:43:00.002-07:002019-04-23T15:38:02.604-07:00Hamtramck celebrates the centennial of the Negro League Detroit Stars<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4r0AAbDbrZoReBjwn4zaigwpETRewudHrfRMeaKOtCMVL15kKzAdlu1VrimVr-F8E71qQAwKcKjTJzyFJs89gaKHOMBMjrXpseoF7nKAAS7hlwLLdgLlatoBl-SOf4PvtsvV652sKlvI/s1600/1920+Detroit+Stars.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="435" data-original-width="552" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4r0AAbDbrZoReBjwn4zaigwpETRewudHrfRMeaKOtCMVL15kKzAdlu1VrimVr-F8E71qQAwKcKjTJzyFJs89gaKHOMBMjrXpseoF7nKAAS7hlwLLdgLlatoBl-SOf4PvtsvV652sKlvI/s400/1920+Detroit+Stars.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Detroit Stars, pictured with team president Tenny Blount, in 1920.</td></tr>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Joined by the family of <a href="https://hamtramckstadium.blogspot.com/2018/05/new-turkey-stearnes-photos-discovered.html" target="_blank"><b>Norman “Turkey” Stearnes</b></a>, the Friends of Historic Hamtramck Stadium celebrated the 100th anniversary of the Detroit Stars Saturday with the opening of a new photo exhibit called Black Baseball in Detroit.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;">“Detroit Black baseball history effectively began when Rube Foster, often called the </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-492dd856-7fff-91ac-5f64-9693dc01f505"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">‘</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;">Father of Black Baseball,’ founded the Detroit Stars in 1919,” said Friends founder and president Gary Gillette. “A year later, the Stars became charter members of the first major Negro League, the Negro National League.</span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;">”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="color: black; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">One hundred years after the Stars’ first game, the Friends of Historic Hamtramck Stadium (FHHS) are gearing up to bring the history of Black Baseball in Michigan to the attention of everyone who cares about the history of the African-American community in Detroit.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="color: black; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">To that end, FHHS is planning a Detroit Stars Centennial Conference August 8-10.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;">“Even though the Negro Leagues’ era has long passed,” Gillette said, </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;">“it is long past time that the accomplishments of Turkey Stearnes and the rest of these great African-American athletes were moved out of the shadows into the limelight.</span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;">”</span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;">Longtime baseball coach and FHHS vice president Mike Wilson was also on hand to honor the Stars<span style="color: black;">’</span> centennial and discuss plans to restore the home of the Detroit Stars. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black;">“</span>The one thing that continues to resonate with me is how folks have consistently sought to preserve the history, landscape, and citizenry of the Hamtramck community,<span style="color: black;">”</span> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;">said </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;">Wilson, a Hamtramck native.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;">Rosilyn Stearnes Brown, daughter of Hall of Famer Turkey Stearnes, came to pay homage to Detroit's and Hamtramck<span style="color: black;">’</span>s history of Negro League baseball and to lend her support to the restoration of Hamtramck Stadium.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;">“Today was a historical day because of the centennial anniversary of the Detroit Stars,<span style="color: black;">”</span> said Stearnes<span style="color: black;">’</span> daughter Joyce Stearnes Thompson. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Now that the plan is in place to restore Hamtramck Stadium's playing field, Thompson is hopeful that <b><a href="http://hamtramckstadium.blogspot.com/2018/06/city-of-hamtramck-releases-new-pre.html" target="_blank">the plan for the grandstand</a></b> will </span></span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;">soon</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;">come to fruition.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: black;">“</span>It's my hope that some affluent person with a heart of gold will help us renovate the grandstand,<span style="color: black;">”</span> she said. <span style="color: black;">“</span>Since I never had the opportunity to see my father play, t</span></span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;">his would be a dream come true.</span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;">”</span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black;">Tom Derry, founder of <b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pg/HamtownGC/posts/" target="_blank">the Hamtramck Stadium Grounds Crew</a></b>, says he's excited to begin his group's third year of maintaining the historic site.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black;">“</span>In the coming months, we'll restore the pitching mound where <b><a href="https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/paige-satchel" target="_blank">Satchel Paige</a></b> used to twirl, the home plate area where <b><a href="https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/gibson-josh" target="_blank">Josh Gibson</a></b> once caught, and the base paths that <b><a href="https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/bell-cool-papa" target="_blank">Cool Papa Bell</a></b> once raced around.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;">While the grandstand has yet to be restored, Derry says people can bring chairs down to the field and catch some vintage <span style="color: black;">“</span>base ball" action this summer. </span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black;">“</span>We’ll even grill up some hot dogs, and serve up peanuts and cold drinks,<span style="color: black;">”</span> he said. "</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;">We’ll help make this a park that everyone can enjoy.<span style="color: black;">”</span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">The Friends of Historic Hamtramck Stadium and <a href="https://www.piastinstitute.org/about.html" target="_blank"><b>the Piast Institute</b></a> are pleased to announce that <a href="http://www.patronicity.com/hhs"><b>our crowdfunding campaign</b></a> has reached its $50,000 goal. We are very gratified by the groundswell of support for our cause, and we look forward to beginning the restoration of the historic field for baseball, soccer, and cricket usage.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Our campaign was launched on March 4 through <b>Patronicity.com</b> and will continue until <b>Tuesday, April 2, at 6 p.m.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">By reaching our goal, we've qualified for $50,000 in matching funds from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation, which sponsors the <b><a href="https://www.patronicity.com/puremichigan#!/" target="_blank">Public Spaces Community Places</a> program</b>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">FHHS and Piast would like to individually thank our most generous donors: <b>Jack White </b>of Detroit, <a href="http://hamtramckstadium.blogspot.com/2019/03/jack-white-to-help-restore-hamtramck-stadium.html" target="_blank"><b>whose $10,000 kicked off the campaign</b></a>, <b>Valerie Elliott</b>, of Royal Oak, and Detroiters <b>Dr. Kerry Ann Rockquemore</b> and <b>William Haupricht</b>, whose $10,000 donation put us over the top.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Abdallah Sheik</b>, CEO of <a href="https://www.captainjays.net/" target="_blank"><b>Captain Jay’s Fish & Chicken</b></a> restaurant chain, graciously donated $2,500 this week to get us closer to our goal. <b>Debra Williams </b>of Sterling Heights also donated $2,500 on Day 2 of the campaign.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">More than 300 individuals have contributed to our campaign so far, including all members of the Friends board of directors and all Piast employees.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Thanks again to all of you for your continued support of the restoration of historic Hamtramck Stadium.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">In the summer of 1979, a group of aging African-American ballplayers gathered in Greenup, Kentucky, at the home of newspaper publisher Tom Stultz for <a href="http://www.dailyindependent.com/sports/local_sports/mark-maynard-negro-league-reunion-began-here/article_108be11a-7197-51d0-9091-f5926b8c42b8.html" target="_blank">the first annual Negro Leagues baseball reunion</a>. </span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">What started out as <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1979/07/04/moment-of-honor-after-40-years/6894353b-f8b6-4066-a236-f5502892e336/?utm_term=.ae8060c52af9" target="_blank">a birthday party for Clint "The Hawk" Thomas</a> turned into a full-fledged reunion featuring the likes of <span style="background-color: white; color: #444444;">Ray Dandridge</span>, <span style="background-color: white; color: #444444;">Buck Leonard, Buck O’Neil, and Judy Johnson. </span></span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Former Detroit Stars center fielder Norman "Turkey" Stearnes made the trip from Detroit, traveling by plane for just the second time in his life. The Nashville native, then 78, had retired to Detroit, where after his baseball career he'd worked for nearly 30 years in the foundry at the Ford Motor Company's storied Rouge complex. </span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">It was there at the Rouge in the 1950s, long before there was a Motown Records, that Stearnes worked alongside a young Berry Gordy. </span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Stearnes, a prolific home-run hitter who starred for the Stars in the 1920s and '30s (first on the city's east side at Mack Park and later at Hamtramck Stadium), was a man of few words. </span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Stearnes was “one of the greatest hitters we ever had," Satchel Paige once said. "He was as good as Josh [Gibson]. He was as good as anybody who ever played ball.”</span><br />
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</span></div><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">"Turkey Stearnes was a five-tool player and one of the greatest power hitters in baseball history — not just Negro League history," says baseball historian Gary Gillette. "There's no doubt that he would have been a superstar in Major League Baseball if he had been allowed to cross the color line. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">"Tragically, he received his due way too late, decades after his death <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2000/07/23/sports/hall-opens-its-doors-to-a-star-once-shunned.html" target="_blank">when he was inducted into the Hall of Fame</a>."</span></div></div></div><div><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">When <i>Detroit Free Press </i>sportswriter Joe Lapointe got home from the Negro Leagues reunion, he and <i>Freep</i> photographer John Collier invited Stearnes to a photo shoot at Tiger Stadium, where Stearnes was never allowed to play because of the color of his skin.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br />
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</tbody></table><div><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">No one knew it at the time, but in the summer of '79 Turkey Stearnes was gravely ill. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">"That was the last time with my dad before he passed," says Stearnes' daughter Joyce Stearnes Thompson. "He looks so frail, but it was a glorious moment — a moment he had been denied."</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Taking his stance at home plate, his bat softly cradled in his massive hands, <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Stearnes cast his gaze deep into the outfield,</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">where he </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">sat as a spectator for so many days in the bleachers in the 1950s and '60s</span></span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">"In his eyes, you can see the story of the Negro Leagues," says Gillette, </span>founder and president of the Friends of Historic Hamtramck Stadium<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">. "It’s the triumph of determination over discrimination, and the triumph of dignity over despair." </span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: right;"></div></div><div><div><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Standing in the same left-handed batter's box once occupied by his white crosstown contemporary Ty Cobb, a dying Stearnes </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">stares stoically into </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">center field</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">. </span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">He is the luckiest man on the face of the earth.</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">"I remember his hands </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">— he had very large hands, and the way he gripped the bat, you could tell he was a pro</span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">," says Lapointe. "</span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">I remember he was dressed really sharp. </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">He still had an athletic physique, and his clothes brought that out. The magic moment ... was when he picked up the bat and took his stance in the batter's box. ... He </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">just snapped back into this batting stance, and he looked like a power hitter for sure."</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">"Dad would always wear clothes that were a little too big for him," says daughter Rosilyn Brown. "But we wanted him to look sharp, so we went to Sears and got him something that really fit.</span></div></div><div></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">"I let him pick out his shoes, and he came back with a pair of house shoes. I said, 'Dad, you can't wear house shoes to the reunion!'”</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br />
</span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Collier was sifting through his photo archives recently when he made a remarkable discovery: two never-before-seen pictures of Turkey Stearnes from that fateful day at Tiger Stadium. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br />
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</span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">"John Collier was excellent," Lapointe says. "He's very imaginative, and he sees things with a good eye. He's aware of more than a lot of photographers, and he sees a picture where some don't." </span></div><div><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">"Dad didn't laugh a lot," Thompson says, "so that visual gives me some closure. It feels good to see my dad smiling."</span></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">"I loved to see Dad smile," says Brown. "I think he was smiling because he was happy he finally got a chance to swing his bat at Tiger Stadium."</span></div></div>Historic Hamtramck Stadiumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00619834417204043111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973039656859589678.post-21073856027699223872019-03-04T06:59:00.000-08:002019-03-04T06:59:12.316-08:00Jack White to help restore historic Negro League ballpark near Detroit<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>HAMTRAMCK, Mich. —</b></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif;">With the help of Detroit native and rock star</span></span><a href="https://jackwhiteiii.com/news/" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: blue;">Jack White</span></u></span></span></span></span></a><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">, the Piast Institute and the Friends of Historic Hamtramck Stadium today are pleased to announce the launch of a new campaign to begin restoration of the former home of the Detroit Stars, one of the few remaining Negro League ballparks in America. </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif;">Located near the border of Detroit in the diverse city of Hamtramck, Michigan, Hamtramck Stadium hosted many Negro League legends over the years, including Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson, Cool Papa Bell, and Detroit's own <span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/stearnes-turkey" target="_blank"><b>Norman "Turkey" Stearnes</b></a></span>. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif;">White, an avid baseball fan best known for fronting legendary Detroit garage-rock band</span></span><a href="https://thirdmanstore.com/bands/the-white-stripes" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: blue;">the White Stripes</span></u></span></span></span></span></a><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif;">, is helping kick off the campaign with a very generous $10,000 donation.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif;">The campaign, launched through Detroit-based </span></span><a href="https://www.patronicity.com/hhs" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: blue;">Patronicity.com</span></u></span></span></span></span></a><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">, aims to raise $50,000 to restore Hamtramck Stadium's historic field for baseball and soccer games in advance of a planned restoration of its historic grandstand. Other improvements to be funded with the money raised include enhancing the existing cricket pitch, installing new signage, and installing wayfaring signage around Hamtramck to direct visitors to the site.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background: #ffffff;">The Michigan Economic Development Corporation will match donations to the campaign, up to $50,000.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">“</span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">We’re thrilled to be participating in </span></span></span></span><a href="https://www.patronicity.com/puremichigan#!/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc;"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: blue;">the MEDC’s Public Spaces Community Places program</span></u></span></span></span></span></a><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">,” says Friends of Historic Hamtramck Stadium founder and president Gary Gillette. “We’re hopeful the historic preservation community can help us meet our goal.”</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif;">The existing grandstand, which hasn't been used since the 1990s, is currently closed to the public, but</span></span><a href="http://hamtramckstadium.blogspot.com/2018/06/city-of-hamtramck-releases-new-pre.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif;"><u><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span></u></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: blue;">the City of Hamtramck has a new plan for its redevelopment</span></u></span></span></span></span></a><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="background: #ffffff;">“<span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">From its founding, the Piast Institute has focused on telling the story of Polish-Americans in Detroit and Hamtramck, which are intertwined with the stories of the historic African-American communities in both cities,” says Piast executive vice president Virginia Skrzyniarz. “The revival of Hamtramck Stadium will be a living monument to Hamtramck’s legacy of diversity and tolerance.”</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br />
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“<span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">As a field that’s welcomed at least 18 members of the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, including great Negro League players like Turkey Stearnes, Josh Gibson, and Satchel Paige, Hamtramck Stadium serves as an important reminder of African-American history here in metro Detroit and across the country," says Gillette.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif;">"Our hope is to preserve this very special place where my father and his teammates made history," says Rosilyn Stearnes-Brown, daughter of Hall of Fame Detroit Stars outfielder</span></span><a href="http://hamtramckstadium.blogspot.com/2018/05/new-turkey-stearnes-photos-discovered.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: blue;">Turkey Stearnes</span></u></span></span></span></span></a><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">“<span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">It’s important to provide our young people with opportunities that will enrich their minds and will make them productive, positive individuals, striving to make a difference in our society just like the players in the Negro Leagues," says Stearnes' daughter Joyce Stearnes Thompson. “Hamtramck Stadium can be a magnificent field of dreams that will preserve the legacy of my father and the Negro Leaguers in this special place they loved.”</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="background: #ffffff;">“<span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The history of Detroit cannot be told without including the history of African-Americans,” Gillette says, “and the history of Detroit’s black community is not complete without the history of the Negro Leagues and the Detroit Stars. Norman ‘Turkey’ Stearnes and his teammates fought against segregation and discrimination both on and off the field, leaving a legacy we can help preserve by restoring Hamtramck Stadium as a community gathering place and a venue for youth sports.”</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif;">Built in 1930, Hamtramck Stadium was home to the Negro National League Detroit Stars in 1930-1931 and again in 1933. The field was also home to the Detroit Wolves of the Negro East-West League in 1932, and to the Negro American League Detroit Stars in 1937.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "eb garamond"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 700; white-space: pre-wrap;">About the Piast Institute and FHHS</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: transparent;">The Piast Institute is a nonprofit, 501(c)(3) national research center devoted to Polish and Polish-American affairs. It is also one of fifty-two United States</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><a href="http://www.census.gov/cic/" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif;"><span style="background: transparent;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: transparent; color: blue;">Census Bureau Information Centers (CIC)</span></span></u></span></span></span></span></span></a><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif;"><span style="background: transparent;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: transparent;">and one of two located in</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><a href="http://www.census.gov/cic/member_network/cics_by_state.html#MI" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif;"><span style="background: transparent;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: transparent; color: blue;">Michigan</span></span></u></span></span></span></span></span></a><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: transparent;">. The Institute was founded in 2003 by</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><a href="http://www.piastinstitute.org/radzilowski.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif;"><span style="background: transparent;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: transparent; color: blue;">Dr. Thaddeus Radzilowski</span></span></u></span></span></span></span></span></a><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: transparent;">, a celebrated historian, writer and academic, and</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><a href="http://www.piastinstitute.org/skrzyniarz.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif;"><span style="background: transparent;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: transparent; color: blue;">Mrs. Virginia Skrzyniarz</span></span></u></span></span></span></span></span></a><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: transparent;">, an accomplished nonprofit executive.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background: transparent;">Founded in 2012, the Friends of Historic Hamtramck Stadium is a Michigan nonprofit organization, working in partnership with Piast, the FHHS fiduciary. FHHS is devoted to restoring and preserving historic Hamtramck Stadium and ensuring its future through educational, cultural, and recreational programming honoring the history of Negro League Baseball and amateur sports in Hamtramck and Detroit.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;">This year, on his 76th birthday, the Friends of Historic Hamtramck Stadium pays tribute<b> </b>to the </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.2px;">life and legacy of </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.2px;">one of America's greatest living ballplayers, Detroit's own Willie Horton.</span><br />
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</span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 120%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "garamond";">Baseball historian and ballpark expert Gary Gillette has identified at least 18 members of the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown who played or managed Negro League games in Hamtramck. They include Detroit’s own superstar slugger Norman “Turkey” Stearnes, as well as immortals like Satchel Paige and Josh Gibson. Gillette is the founder and president of the Friends of Historic Hamtramck Stadium as well as the founder and president of the Detroit Chapter of the Society for American Baseball Research.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin-bottom: 0.1in; text-align: center;"><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin-bottom: 0.1in; orphans: 2; text-align: center; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><strong><span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif;"># # #</span></strong></div></div></div></div><blockquote class="embedly-card"><h4><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1l4-E_oSRHWvuvCfVDdrJz0QJOvENsJkm/view?usp=sharing">Hamtramck Stadium Pre-Development Report.pdf</a></h4></blockquote><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin-bottom: 0.1in;"><strong><span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif;">About FHHS</span></strong></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin-bottom: 0.1in;"><span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif;">Founded in 2012, the Friends of Historic Hamtramck Stadium is a Michigan nonprofit organization. FHHS is devoted to restoring and preserving historic Hamtramck Stadium and ensuring its future through educational, cultural, and recreational programming honoring the history of Negro League Baseball and amateur sports in Hamtramck and Detroit.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin-bottom: 0.1in;"><span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif;">In addition to getting Hamtramck Stadium listed on the <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://www.michigandnr.com/publications/pdfs/ArcGISOnline/StoryMaps/mhc_historical_markers/pdfs/MHC822014009.pdf&source=gmail&ust=1529534268706000&usg=AFQjCNFQaf9Juaxno46YR0vLHzwQSuvMhg" href="http://www.michigandnr.com/publications/pdfs/ArcGISOnline/StoryMaps/mhc_historical_markers/pdfs/MHC822014009.pdf" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">National Register of Historic Places</a>, the Friends installed a State of Michigan Historic Marker for the Stadium in Hamtramck’s Veterans Park in 2014. In 2017, the Friends provided the historical research used by the City of Hamtramck to obtain an <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/wayne/2017/01/12/hamtramck-gets-50k-grant-historic-african-american-stadium/96501440/&source=gmail&ust=1529534268706000&usg=AFQjCNEhmH3C6HFsMNAUBP297cFg9c7JUQ" href="https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/wayne/2017/01/12/hamtramck-gets-50k-grant-historic-african-american-stadium/96501440/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">African American Civil Rights Grant from the National Park Service</a>.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif;">For more information about Hamtramck Stadium, </span><span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif;">email us at <a href="mailto:HamtramckStadium@gmail.com">HamtramckStadium@gmail.com</a></span>, <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://www.facebook.com/pg/hamtramckstadium/posts/&source=gmail&ust=1529534268706000&usg=AFQjCNHmGXjPyttEmc_6zuvMGcLUbxyNQw" href="https://www.facebook.com/pg/hamtramckstadium/posts/" style="color: #1155cc; font-family: garamond, serif;" target="_blank">visit us on Facebook</a><span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif;">,</span><span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif;"> or go to </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://www.hamtramckstadium.org/&source=gmail&ust=1529534268706000&usg=AFQjCNFptISCpAT1bxPnDFHkB5fjwKjp4A" href="http://www.hamtramckstadium.org/" style="color: #1155cc; font-family: garamond, serif;" target="_blank">www.hamtramckstadium.org</a><span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif;">.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin-bottom: 0.1in;"><hr /><span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif;"><i>The Friends of Historic Hamtramck Stadium are proudly affiliated with the nonprofit <b>Piast Institute</b>, of Hamtramck, Michigan, which serves as our fiduciary. </i></span><i style="font-family: garamond, serif;"><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">In case you missed it, Comerica Bank recently signed on as our first corporate sponsor. With your support, the cry of "Play Ball!" will soon be heard again on Dan Street.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif;"><strong><b>DETROIT </b></strong><strong><span style="color: black;"><b>—</b></span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></strong><strong><b></b></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">T</span></strong>he Friends of Historic Hamtramck Stadium are pleased to announce Comerica Bank as the first corporate sponsor of the stadium’s renovation project. The announcement was made recently during the Negro Leagues Legacy Luncheon at Comerica Park.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif;">Comerica Bank presented a $20,000 check to FHHS during an on-field ceremony before the Detroit Tigers-Cleveland Indians Negro Leagues Tribute game.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif;">“Hamtramck Stadium has played a significant role in the history of the region,” says Comerica president Michael T. Ritchie. “As one of only a handful of remaining Negro League ballparks, the site is an important reminder of African-American history here in metropolitan Detroit and across the country.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif;">“We’re honored to support this project, and we hope our commitment inspires other organizations to help preserve this historic stadium and for the community to enjoy and remember the contributions of great Negro League players like Norman 'Turkey' Stearnes, Josh Gibson, and Satchel Paige for generations to come.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif;">“The stadium represents one of five remaining locations where major Negro League teams once played home games and represents a historic period in the Detroit community,” says Friends of Historic Hamtramck Stadium president Gary Gillette.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif;">“As a field that’s welcomed at least 18 members of the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, Hamtramck Stadium deserves the preservation efforts and attention it’s beginning to receive. We look forward to completing this project for both the Hamtramck and Detroit communities.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif;">The Hamtramck Stadium field is currently being used for cricket, soccer, yoga and other recreational activities, but the condition of the diamond itself isn’t yet suitable for baseball. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif;">The grandstand, which hasn't been used since the 1990s, is currently closed to the public, but <a href="http://hamtramckstadium.blogspot.com/2018/06/city-of-hamtramck-releases-new-pre.html">the City of Hamtramck has a new plan for redevelopment</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif;">Hamtramck Stadium was built in 1930. The stadium was home to the Negro National League Detroit Stars in 1930-1931 and again in 1933. The field was also home to the Detroit Wolves of the Negro East-West League in 1932, and to the Negro American League Detroit Stars in 1937. The stadium was acquired by the City of Hamtramck in 1940 and renovated in 1941 by the Wayne County Road Commission. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif;">It was also the home field for <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://www.thehamtramckreview.com/a-baseball-legend%E2%80%99s-tale-is-now-ready-to-be-told/&source=gmail&ust=1529534268706000&usg=AFQjCNFFwdEQU1tWT1-uOqLgNFT-Ud7VBw" href="http://www.thehamtramckreview.com/a-baseball-legend%E2%80%99s-tale-is-now-ready-to-be-told/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Hamtramck’s 1959 Little League World Series champions</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif;">Comerica Bank previously supported FHHS in securing and installing <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://www.facebook.com/hamtramckstadium/photos/a.832305466781914.1073741827.202039283141872/832305690115225/?type%3D3%26theater&source=gmail&ust=1529534268706000&usg=AFQjCNFCtrHGQCmp_C4GPrwE2nBGJhYQ0A" href="https://www.facebook.com/hamtramckstadium/photos/a.832305466781914.1073741827.202039283141872/832305690115225/?type=3&theater" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">a Michigan Historic Marker in Hamtramck at Veterans Park in 2014</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif;">Founded in 2012, the Friends of Historic Hamtramck Stadium is a Michigan nonprofit organization. FHHS is devoted to restoring and preserving historic Hamtramck Stadium and ensuring its future through educational, cultural, and recreational programming honoring the history of Negro League Baseball and amateur sports in Hamtramck and Detroit.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif;">In addition to getting Hamtramck Stadium listed on the <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://www.michigandnr.com/publications/pdfs/ArcGISOnline/StoryMaps/mhc_historical_markers/pdfs/MHC822014009.pdf&source=gmail&ust=1529534268706000&usg=AFQjCNFQaf9Juaxno46YR0vLHzwQSuvMhg" href="http://www.michigandnr.com/publications/pdfs/ArcGISOnline/StoryMaps/mhc_historical_markers/pdfs/MHC822014009.pdf" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">National Register of Historic Places</a>, the Friends installed a State of Michigan Historic Marker for the Stadium in Hamtramck’s Veterans Park in 2014. In 2017, the Friends provided the historical research used by the City of Hamtramck to obtain an <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/wayne/2017/01/12/hamtramck-gets-50k-grant-historic-african-american-stadium/96501440/&source=gmail&ust=1529534268706000&usg=AFQjCNEhmH3C6HFsMNAUBP297cFg9c7JUQ" href="https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/wayne/2017/01/12/hamtramck-gets-50k-grant-historic-african-american-stadium/96501440/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">African American Civil Rights Grant from the National Park Service</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">In the summer of 1979, a group of aging African-American ballplayers gathered in Greenup, Kentucky, at the home of newspaper publisher Tom Stultz for <a href="http://www.dailyindependent.com/sports/local_sports/mark-maynard-negro-league-reunion-began-here/article_108be11a-7197-51d0-9091-f5926b8c42b8.html" target="_blank">the first annual Negro Leagues baseball reunion</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">What started out as <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1979/07/04/moment-of-honor-after-40-years/6894353b-f8b6-4066-a236-f5502892e336/?utm_term=.ae8060c52af9" target="_blank">a birthday party for Clint "The Hawk" Thomas</a> turned into a full-fledged reunion featuring the likes of <span style="background-color: white; color: #444444;">Ray Dandridge</span>, <span style="background-color: white; color: #444444;">Buck Leonard, Buck O’Neil, and Judy Johnson. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Former Detroit Stars center fielder Norman "Turkey" Stearnes made the trip from Detroit, traveling by plane for just the second time in his life. The Nashville native, then 78, had retired to Detroit, where after his baseball career he'd worked for nearly 30 years in the foundry at the Ford Motor Company's storied Rouge complex. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">It was there at the Rouge in the 1950s, long before there was a Motown Records, that Stearnes worked alongside a young Berry Gordy. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Stearnes, a prolific home-run hitter who starred for the Stars in the 1920s and '30s (first on the city's east side at Mack Park and later at Hamtramck Stadium), was a man of few words. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Stearnes was “one of the greatest hitters we ever had," Satchel Paige once said. "He was as good as Josh [Gibson]. He was as good as anybody who ever played ball.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">"Turkey Stearnes was a five-tool player and one of the greatest power hitters in baseball history — not just Negro League history," says baseball historian Gary Gillette. "There's no doubt that he would have been a superstar in Major League Baseball if he had been allowed to cross the color line. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">No one knew it at the time, but in the summer of '79 Turkey Stearnes was gravely ill. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">"That was the last time with my dad before he passed," says Stearnes' daughter Joyce Stearnes Thompson. "He looks so frail, but it was a glorious moment — a moment he
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Taking his stance at home plate, his bat softly cradled in his massive hands, <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Stearnes cast his gaze deep into the outfield,</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">where he </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">sat as a spectator for so many days in the bleachers in the 1950s and '60s</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">"I remember his hands </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">— he had very large hands, and the way he gripped the bat, you could tell he was a pro</span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">," says Lapointe. "</span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">I remember he was dressed really sharp. </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">He still had an athletic physique, and his clothes brought that out. The magic moment ... was when he picked up the bat and took his stance in the batter's box. ... He </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">just snapped back into this batting stance, and he looked like a power hitter for sure."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">"Dad would always wear clothes that were a little too big for him," says daughter Rosilyn Brown. "But we wanted him to look sharp, so we went to Sears and got him something that really fit.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Collier was sifting through his photo archives recently when he made a remarkable discovery: two never-before-seen pictures of Turkey Stearnes from that fateful day at Tiger Stadium. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">In honor of Stearnes' 117th birthday, we are publishing them here for the first time today. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">"John Collier was excellent," Lapointe says. "He's very imaginative, and he sees things with a good eye. He's aware of more than a lot of photographers, and he sees a picture where some don't." </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "garamond"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #1155cc;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/hamtramckstadium/" target="_blank">Hamtramck Stadium</a></span><span style="color: #222222;">, home of National Baseball Hall of Famer </span></span><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "garamond"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://baseballhall.org/hof/stearnes-turkey" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc;">Turkey Stearnes</span></a></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "garamond"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> and the Negro National League Detroit Stars, was built in 1930. Over the years, it was home to several Negro Leagues teams, including Stearnes' </span><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "garamond"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/register/team.cgi?id=2a2f5e99" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc;">Detroit Stars</span></a></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "garamond"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">, and Cool Papa Bell's </span><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "garamond"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/register/team.cgi?id=3b69a924" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc;">Detroit Wolves</span></a></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "garamond"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "garamond"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">It was also home to perhaps the greatest Little Leaguer who ever lived, </span><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "garamond"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Legend-of-Pinky-Deras/109156749144955" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc;">Art "Pinky" Deras</span></a></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "garamond"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">, who led his hometown team to victory in <a href="http://www.thehamtramckreview.com/a-baseball-legend%E2%80%99s-tale-is-now-ready-to-be-told/" target="_blank">the 1959 Little League World Series</a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Hamtramck Stadium officially closed in the mid-1990s, and i</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">t's been sitting fallow ever since.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "garamond"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Earlier this year, the City <a href="http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/wayne-county/2017/01/12/negro-league-site-hamtramck-gets-parks-grant/96501504/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc;">was awarded a $50,000 Civil Rights grant</span></a> to help restore the field. </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">And next month, the Friends of Historic Hamtramck Stadium plans to launch a new crowdfunding campaign. </span></span></span></span><br />
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<i style="font-family: times, 'times new roman', serif;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "garamond"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Kelly's Bar is located at </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "garamond"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Kelly's+Bar/@42.3920184,-83.0598122,15z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0xa454cbe1002071b6!8m2!3d42.3920184!4d-83.0598122" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc;">2403 Holbrook Ave</span><span style="color: #1d2129;">.</span></a><b> </b>D</span></span><span style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">rinks have been served at this address dating back to at least the 1940s. Kelly's has always been a blue-collar watering hole. With the demise of some of the nearby manufacturing facilities, Brad Ruff and his wife, Patti, have kept it alive by adding music and art to Kelly's shot-and-a-beer ambience, as well as opening up a spacious "booze yard," where patrons can drink cheap whiskey while working on their tans</span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">.</span></span></span></span></i><br />
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