Nationwide — A League of Our Personal (ALOOO), a self-funded baseball league that’s the solely African American owned Impartial Baseball League in the USA, is honoring the legacy, historical past and accomplishments of 4 very distinguished African American Baseball gamers – Rube Foster, the daddy of Negro League Baseball; Stachel Paige, one of many best pitchers of all time; Sam Allen, a Negro League nice; and Dick Allen, one of many Chicago White Sox’s most fierce hitters in his day.
ALOOO will honor these distinguished baseball icons by naming groups of their league after them in an effort to without end invoke their reminiscences within the hearts and minds of previous, current, and future baseball generations. The groups will bear the identify Rube Foster Chicago Giants, Stachel Paige All-Stars, Sam Allen Monarchs, and Dick Allen Hittman, and the league will host an official dedication previous to the beginning of the 2024 season.
A couple of years in the past, somewhat league baseball group from the Southside of Chicago by the identify of Jackie Robinson West captured the center and soul of the nation. Most significantly they captured the center and soul of the African American group all over the world. Baseball in internal cities is dying and we have now an avenue to provide baseball gamers one thing to look ahead to. This league would afford baseball gamers the chance to play baseball to additional advance and develop their baseball expertise. We wish this league to seize the center and soul of the nation as we function a lifeline to pump life again into the sport by offering an outlet for baseball gamers to proceed enjoying previous the highschool and faculty ranges.
This league is open to all baseball gamers from the East, West, North, and South no matter their ethnic background, and is at present within the midst of holding open tryouts. Tryouts will stay open till all of the spots are crammed. Gamers concerned about being part of this program ought to go to the web site and register on-line immediately for the tryouts.
As a 501(c)3 not-for-profit, ALOOO is trying to develop a community of supporters to assist us maintain and domesticate the long run development of this league by changing into monetary donors or sponsors. All gamers who’re concerned about being part of this league and/or these concerned about changing into a monetary supporter be happy to contact us at (205) 264-1468 or go to the official web site at ALeagueofOurOwn247.com
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