ATLANTA — Hank Aaron is known as one of the greatest baseball players to ever live. His Hall of Fame bust in Cooperstown says that he hit 755 home runs, but before he hit any home runs as a major ...

Before he began playing for the Milwaukee Braves, at the age of 18, Henry Louis Aaron began playing shortstop in 1952 for the Negro League's Indianapolis Clowns. He had been signed by the team's ...

The Banana Ball World Tour gave the Indianapolis Clowns their first hometown headliner. A former MLB player, and Bananas owner want to pay homage to history.

The Indianapolis Clowns brought together baseball and showmanship. The Negro Leagues' version of the Harlem Globetrotters -- they even had an overlapping member, Goose Tatum -- the Clowns excelled as ...

The National Baseball Hall of Fame includes 35 members who were inducted based on their Negro League careers, but the Negro Leagues’ impact on the history of the game extends far beyond these legends.

BASE. THE NEGRO LEAGUES IN THE 1920S WERE OUTSTANDING. YOU’RE TAKING A LOOK AT SOME OF THE GREATEST ATHLETES IN BASEBALL HISTORY, WAS KNOWN FOR A LOT OF SPEED, A LOT OF STEALS. THERE WAS A GAME PLAYED ...

World Series champion Jackie Bradley Jr. is an outfielder for the Indianapolis Clowns and first former MLB player to play full-time in Banana Ball.

Using an "Everyman" player as his narrator, Kadir Nelson tells the story of Negro League baseball from its beginnings in the 1920s through the decline after Jackie Robinson crossed over to the majors ...