While reviewing my spelling issues in relation to the Washington Greys Grays post, I discovered the loveliness of this jersey for the Pittsburgh Keystones, a Negro League baseball team from the era of segregation of sports in the US. I am sure you will agree I deserve one - in XXL, please. They only played in 1887 and again in 1922, according to this list. I am not sure whether the shirt comes from the earlier or later period. The first date is fairly early in the racial division of the game which lasted from 1871 to 1947. The Pittsburgh Keystones came second in the 1888 "Colored Championships of America" after the Cuban Giants.
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portland - October 6, 2004 12:48 AM
one of the greatest oil paintings i have ever seen in my life is a team porttrait of the cuban giants. it's here at the pmfa but they don't bring it out often enough.
Alan - October 6, 2004 8:35 AM
Let's write ahead next time we are down and ask for a showing. I'll pony up some donation. Maybe we could get a cheese tray out of it, too. Painting like that should be shown every Friday at $3 Dooeys with Monday matinees at DiPietros.
portland - October 6, 2004 10:17 AM
i've offered them money if i could go in and photograph it but no takers. you're gonna need to write and seem very very important. you do muckity-muck, right?