Hartford Yard Goats - - 2023-June-23
The Yard Goats took the field as The Hartford Schoolboys: Honoring the rich legacy of Negro League Baseball, and Johnny "Schoolboy" Taylor (1916 – 1987), was an American Negro league pitcher in the 1930s and 1940s. A native of Hartford, Connecticut, Taylor joined the New York Cubans in 1935, and tossed a no-hitter against Satchel Paige's All-Stars at the Polo Grounds in 1937. In 1938, Taylor was selected to play in the East–West All-Star Game, and hurled two scoreless innings of relief. Taylor played briefly for the Newark Eagles in 1940
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