Salt Lake Bees discover history of Utah's all-Black baseball team

Описание: A spokesperson for the Salt Lake Bees discovered Utah once had an all-Black baseball team called the Occidentals during the early 1900s.

Kraig Williams, SL Bees Director of Communications, stumbled across information about the team while doing research on baseball.

The Occidentals existed during the early 1900s, and knowledge about the team almost went completely unknown.

“They were based right out of Salt Lake City. Which is really a cool piece of Salt Lake City history, and a really cool piece of baseball history,” he said.

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