Roy Wood Jr. stops by to discuss his podcast Road to Rickwood, Reggie Jackson's speech, baseball and its impact on desegregation, and the problem with celebrity sporting events. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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I am proud to say that no show in America is bringing you black Roys the way today's show is. We got Roy Bellamy out at the Elbow Room near the Stanley Cup as it goes into the ocean. And Roy Wood Jr. is with us. He's the host of a new four-part show. podcast with NPR. It's called Road to Rickwood. It's about the oldest professional baseball stadium in America.
It's seen everything from a Klan rally to the first integrated sports team in Alabama. And Rickwood Field in Birmingham was home to more history. Last week, Major League Baseball was already planning a celebration there for both the Negro Leagues, and Birmingham's own Willie Mays when the Say Hey Kid passed away on Wednesday.
And then on Thursday, during the Fox pregame show, Alex Rodriguez asked Reggie Jackson a question, and the answer was surprising to a whole lot of people, but shouldn't have been.
But I wouldn't wish it on anybody. People said to me today, I spoke and they said, you think you're a better person. You think you won when you played here in Concord. I said, you know, I would never want to do it again. I walked into restaurants and they would point at me and said, you can't eat here. I would go to a hotel and they say the can't stay here.
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