Boston Resolutes
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The Resolutes of Boston
were a Negro Baseball team affiliated with the Colored League in 1887. The team had come into play in early May of that year only to run out of money and have to fold on the spot.
The National League
issued the "Colored" league its official benefaction as a minor league
under the National Agreement, so as to "protect" the black players from the white teams who did not want them to began with.
The colored league, which was looked upon as a real live minor league, had been granted immunity from the baseball
’s unwritten law of exclusion. Now the fate of blackball
was riding on the success or failure of the new league.
Boston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
were a Negro Baseball team affiliated with the Colored League in 1887. The team had come into play in early May of that year only to run out of money and have to fold on the spot.
The National League
National League
The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the National League , is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball, and the world's oldest extant professional team sports league. Founded on February 2, 1876, to replace the National Association of Professional...
issued the "Colored" league its official benefaction as a minor league
Minor league baseball
Minor league baseball is a hierarchy of professional baseball leagues in the Americas that compete at levels below Major League Baseball and provide opportunities for player development. All of the minor leagues are operated as independent businesses...
under the National Agreement, so as to "protect" the black players from the white teams who did not want them to began with.
The colored league, which was looked upon as a real live minor league, had been granted immunity from the baseball
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
’s unwritten law of exclusion. Now the fate of blackball
Blackball
Blackball, black-ball or black ball may refer to:-Society and culture:* Blackballing, ostracizing someone socially, e.g. prevention of finding local or field-specific employment, blacklisting from a club or other organization, etc-Geography:...
was riding on the success or failure of the new league.