Former Negro League Baseball Players Honored at the White House

President Obama met with Negro League baseball players.

Bob Scott - Triple threat Bob Scott, 83, was the pitcher, outfielder and first baseman for the Boston Blues, New York Black Yankees and Pittsburgh Crawfords. In 1948, Scott was selected to play in the East-West All-Star classic as a Black Yankee, but he did not make an appearance. (Photo: The Post-Standard/Landov)
Ron Teasley - Ron Teasley, 86, played the outfield and first base for the Toledo Cubs/Rays, Detroit Wolves and New York Cubans. After earning the All-Star title for three years with the Carman Cardinals, Teasley was signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1948. He is a member of Wayne State University's Hall of Fame. (Photo: Mark Cunningham/MLB Photos via Getty Images)
Pedro Sierra - Pedro Sierra, 74, was the pitcher for the Indianapolis Clowns and Detroit Stars. In 1956, he played in the East-West All-Star classic for Detroit and was also selected as an All-Star in the Panama Winter League. Sierra went on to coach the Pennsylvania Road Warriors and the Newark Bears of the Atlantic League, the LaNew Bears of the Chinese Professional Baseball League in Taiwan, and the Sussex Skyhawks in the Canadian-American League. (Photo: Mark Cunningham/MLB Photos via Getty Images)
Larry Lester - As one of the founders of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, Larry Lester helped develop the museum's business plan and licensing program, which became its primary revenue stream in the start-up years. In 2000, Lester struck a deal with the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York, to work on a study on African-American baseball from the Civil War through the 1950s called “Out of the Shadows.” (Photo: Courtesy of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum)

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Ron Teasley - Ron Teasley, 86, played the outfield and first base for the Toledo Cubs/Rays, Detroit Wolves and New York Cubans. After earning the All-Star title for three years with the Carman Cardinals, Teasley was signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1948. He is a member of Wayne State University's Hall of Fame. (Photo: Mark Cunningham/MLB Photos via Getty Images)

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