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2 unusual facts about Laurel Black Cats


Laurel Black Cats

Negro Leaguers such as Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, Satchel Paige, Piper Davis, Lester Lockett, Artie Wilson and Ed Steele are among the many players to play for the Black Cats.

Though the Jackson Metro Baseball League (JMBL) had began to form in the state, Jones kept the Black Cats as an independent team playing local community teams such as Bay Springs, MS, Heidelberg,MS, Paulding,MS, and Meridian, MS. After remaining rivals with the Hattiesburg Black Sox for half of a century, the rivalry would come to an end in under Jones due to a personal disagreement between Hattiesburg’s owner Trey Aby.



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