Effectively Wild Episode 1559: Forgotten Greats

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Ben’s effusive streaming recommendation, the Korean baseball drama Stove League. Then (8:51) they start the second episode of their week-long celebration of the Negro Leagues by bringing on Jeremy Beer, author of the award-winning baseball biography Oscar Charleston: The Life and Legend of Baseball’s Greatest Forgotten Player, to talk about Charleston’s bona fides as one of the top 10 baseball players of all time, why his fame falls short of his accomplishments, and the challenges of researching Negro Leagues stars. Lastly (46:18), they speak to Invisible Ball of Dreams author and Ball State University professor Emily Ruth Rutter about two of the only non-documentary movies to focus on the Negro Leagues, The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings (1976) and Soul of the Game (1996), touching on where they succeed and fail, the differences in their portrayals of the Negro Leagues and Negro Leaguers, and the history of cinematic and literary representations of Black baseball. Audio intro: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, "Forgotten Man" Audio interstitial: Thelma Houston, "The Bingo Long Song (Steal on Home)" Audio outro: Sloan, "Set in Motion" Link to Stove League trailer Link to stream Stove League on Viki Link to stream Stove League on Kocowa Link to Oscar Charleston book page Link to Charleston at the Seamheads Negro Leagues Database Link to Charleston’s Hall of Fame page Link to Joe Posnanski on Charleston Link to Bingo Long trailer Link to Bingo Long full movie on YouTube Link to Soul of the Game full movie on YouTube Link to BlackBaseballLit site Link to Invisible Ball of Dreams Link to Paul Petrovic essay on Bingo Long and Soul of the Game Link to article about historical inaccuracies in Soul of the Game Link to Washington Post review of Soul of the Game Link to Roger Ebert’s review of Bingo Long Link to New York Times story on Toni Stone  iTunes Feed (Please rate and review us!)  Sponsor Us on Patreon  Facebook Group  Effectively Wild Wiki  Twitter Account  Get Our Merch!  Email Us: [email protected] var SERVER_DATA = Object.assign(SERVER_DATA || {}); Source