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Our summer roadtrip rolls on this week with a deep dive into one of the Queen City's most overlooked sports stories with baseball author Al Lautenslager - whose new book "Cincinnati Soul" explores the remarkable but brief legacy of the Cincinnati Tigers, the city's first official Negro Leagues baseball team.

Discover how DeHart Hubbard, America's first Black Olympic gold medalist, founded the Tigers as a dual-circuit minor league (Indiana-Ohio League & Negro Southern League) outfit in 1934 - eventually joining as a charter member of the 1937 Negro American League - now an officially recognized as "major league" by Major League Baseball.

Lautenslager shares fascinating details about the team's home at Crosley Field, where they wore hand-me-down Cincinnati Reds uniforms and drew crowds that sometimes exceeded that of their benefactors.

Also:

  • The Tigers' historic 44-36 record and second-place finish in 1937
  • Five All-Star selections including legendary manager Ted "Double Duty" Radcliffe
  • Key players like submarine pitcher Porter Moss and future Brooklyn Dodgers MLB signee Roy Partlow
  • The team's cultural impact on Cincinnati's African American community during segregation

  • Why the franchise folded despite on-field success and community support

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