Pride and dreams on the diamond.(Destinations) National Catholic Reporter | April 16, 2004| | COPYRIGHT 2004 National Catholic Reporter. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

The American baseball season is in full swing. But unknown to most Americans is a baseball game going on in Kansas City, Mo., with some of the best players of all time. Standing tall on a mock baseball field are 10 of the game's finest players, all in life-size bronze reproductions. Unfortunately, their names are rarely mentioned and their existence is left unrecorded by most historians. They are the heroes and stars of the once renowned Negro Leagues of baseball.

Founded in 1991, the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum is the only museum dedicated to preserving the ...

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