The Negro Nine

Welcome to the Negro Nine
When you want the true keeping of St. Louis Negro League baseball in this year of ’26, you come here.
The new season will bring its share of long road trips, crowded stands, and close games decided by the smallest of margins. That is the life of the league, and it is the kind of baseball that keeps fans coming back through the warm months ahead.
Here in The Negro Nine, I will keep the weekly account of how the Stars fare.
— Sam “The Mitt” Carter
The Negro Nine

The Stars leave May carrying real weight

May 30, 1926 The Stars leave May carrying real weight

Sam the Mit Carter

May 302 min read

The hard miles begin showing

The Stars hard miles begin showing

Sam the Mit Carter

May 162 min read

The bats of St. Louis are shaking the league

The Bats of St. Louis Are Shaking the League.

Sam the Mit Carter

May 83 min read

April showed what kind of club the Stars may be Behind the savage bat of Mule Suttles and the flying legs of Cool Papa Bell, St. Louis leaves April standing among the strongest threats in

Stars Bats Gathering Alot Of Attention

Sam the Mit Carter

May 23 min read

The long road begins to speak With April closing, the early shape of the season gives way to the first real signs of who can endure the grind ahead.

Stars Start Season On the Road

Sam the Mit Carter

Apr 251 min read

The game and the ground beneath it As the season advances, Negro League baseball continues to thrive even as the world around it grows more uncertain.

Stars Start April On Road

Sam the Mit Carter

Apr 182 min read

When the season finds its shape From the close of March into the first hard days of April, the league moves from promise into proof as clubs settle into the rhythm of the road.

Hard Days In April

Sam the Mit Carter

Apr 113 min read

THE NEGRO NINE There is no single camp you may point to and say, “Here is where the Negro League Camp Is.

Negro Spring In Full Effect

Sam the Mit Carter

Apr 42 min read

When the Talk Stops and the Road Begins.

As March closes, the league shifts from preparation to purpose, and every club prepares to prove itself where it counts. DATE March 28, 1926 There’s a line in this game you don’t always see, but every ballplayer knows when he’s crossed it. It’s the moment when the talk runs out. All through early March, you hear it — this club shaping up, that player looking strong, another team said to be ready for a run. But as the days move along and the work piles up, that kind of talk st

Sam the Mit Carter

Mar 282 min read