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I just found out today at my Uncle Orville Riggins Jr.'s funeral, that his father and my great-grandfather was part of the Negro Baseball League and he was described as a speedy, switch-hitting infielder, ironically when my youngest son played baseball in the Detroit PAL League his coach nicknamed him speedy, because of his fast running ability. It was all in the genes!
Commented Dec 4, 2010 on who was orville riggins? at Agate Type
who was orville riggins?
A key resource I’ve been using lately to identify otherwise only sketchily-known Negro League players comes from the newspapers of the early 1920s: several articles that list new players joining teams for spring training also list the players’ hometowns. In some cases, it gives us crucial leads...
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