leDaisies." (What AreLeagues: Internet) The two leagues "continued to go strong until the colorline was broken in 1947, when the great Jackie Robinson signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers." Because of this, "the Negro National League folded following the 1948 season and the NegroAmerican League [folded]in 1960." (What AreLeagues: Internet) Moreover, just as thelaws stated, the African Americans were not treated as equals even in the game of baseball. Infact, teams other than the Crawfords, and the Red Sox had to rent out baseball stadiums from theMLB teams in order to play. Yankee Stadium was said to have profited hundreds of thousands ofdollars a year just by renting out the stadium to the Negro Leagues. Shadow-Ball furtherillustrates the substantial differences in funding between the MLB, and the Negro Leagues. Because they Negro Leagues didn't have the money to buy supplies such as baseballs in someinstances, they created Shadow-Ball. In this process, the "players would actually practice hittingthe ball and catching a ball that wasn't actually there. In fact, they would go full practices withouteven having a ball, which further enhanced their discipline and focus." (Conrads, pg. 6) but insome instances, when they couldn't play in Major League ballparks, they were simply left to playon the dilapidated fields various areas - wherever they could find a field. Other than this, theplayers in the Negro Leagues did not make as much money as their counterparts who played inthe MLB. For example, in Jackie Robinson's case, he "signed his contract with the Dodgersforthe Major League minimum salary: $5,000for the year." (Rampersad, pg. 167) Furthermore,in general, "Negro leaguers made about a quarter of what their counterparts in the major leagueswere making," but they kept their spirits alive, obliterated the negative energy, and kept playingthe sport they lovedbaseball. (Conrads, pg. 2) From the 1920's, to about the 1960's, racism and...
