Here’s the photo again: Hank Thompson and Monte Irvin, who debuted for the Giants on the same day in 1949, were the Giants’ first Black players. Thompson hit 129 home runs in eight years with ...
This coming season, the Seattle Mariners are retiring Ichiro Suzuki's No. 51, the Houston Astros are retiring Billy Wagner's No. 13 and the New York Mets ... Hubbell), 20 (Monte Irvin), 22 ...
FIRST ALL BLACK OUTFIELD: Monte Irvin, Wille Mays and Hank Thompson ... May’s contract was purchased by the New York Giants in 1950, and he played for Trenton of the Interstate League, then ...
1) Monte Irvin (1919) Before baseball’s color barrier was broken ... Though Jackie Robinson was the one to make history, Irvin joined the New York Giants in 1949 and was a star in his own right for ...
He looks fine," Effa Manley, the owner of the Negro Leagues' Newark Eagles, wrote to Eagles shortstop (and future big leaguer) Monte Irvin about his double-play ... that Doby had an offer to play for ...
The New York Giants signed safety Jevon Holland in free agency after he received guidance from Xavier McKinney and Kayvon Thibodeaux.
Smith-Marsette joined the Giants last year and played in 15 games. He had a 100-yard kickoff return for a touchdown in a late ...
Former Dolphins safety Jevon Holland got a glowing review of the Giants organization from ex-Giants safety Xavier McKinney.
The NFL Combine is nearing its end, and whether the New York Giants are any closer to having a resolution regarding what general manager Joe Schoen called “the most important position on a team ...