Postgame Show: Roy Wood Jr.
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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. We went to Charlie Finley's Country Club for a welcome home dinner and they pointed me out with the N-word. He can't come in here. Had it not been for Raleigh Fingers, Johnny McNamara, Dave Duncan, Joe and Sharon Rudy, I slept on their couch. three, four nights a week for about a month and a half. Finally, they were threatened that they would burn our apartment complex down unless I got out.
I wouldn't wish it on anyone at the same time had it not been for my white friends. Had it not been for a white manager and Rudy Fingers and Duncan and Lee Myers, I would have never made it. I was too physically violent. I was ready to physically fight some. I'd have got killed here because I'd have beat someone's ass and you'd have saw me in an oak tree somewhere.
People should watch the full clip because Fox Sports just let Reggie talk. I saw a quote from our friend Eli Mostow from The Nation said, this is why Republicans work so hard to keep history out of schools. They don't want white children to know what their parents and grandparents did. Roy, thank you for joining us. Thank you for your work this past week. What was the reaction like down there?
You know, in the city of Birmingham, you know, it was love and appreciation and reverence for all of the Negro League. It's not just Willie Mays. You know, I think what Reggie Jackson said was relevant. It was poignant, but it was also important to understand that's what we're trying to remember. But ultimately, also in a way grow away from. And I think that the fact that you could have a game of that significance in a place where things that heinous took place on a regular basis, I think is a testament to a lot of the growth that is happening in the state of Alabama. I just love the fact that the Brickwood game happened because normally when you're talking about my hometown of Birmingham is dogs and fire hoses.
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