About

The Shadow Ball Show is an archival audio series built from the Black press.
Each episode presents a verbatim reading of a historical newspaper account—game stories, series reports, and box‑score narratives published during the era of Negro Leagues baseball.

What makes it different

• The newspaper is the authority

• The reading is presented verbatim

• Context is brief and external—only before and after the reading

• Each episode includes full citation (paper, date)

How to listen

Episodes jump across teams and years. That’s intentional: the show follows the newspapers, not a modern timeline.