Posted by ozzzball19 on 1/24/2013 11:27:00 AM (view original):
Homestead Gray is an old professional baseball team in I believe the Negro leagues. Many years ago. I wont guess on the other.
Correct. From wikipediea
The
Homestead Grays (also known as Washington Grays or Washington Homestead Grays) were a professional
baseball team that played in the
Negro leagues in the
United States. The team was formed in
1912 by
Cumberland Posey, and would remain in continuous operation for 38 seasons. The team was originally based in
Homestead,
Pennsylvania, adjacent to
Pittsburgh. By the 1920s with increasing popularity in the Pittsburgh region, the team retained the name "Homestead" but crossed the
Monongahela River to play all home games at both the Pirates home
Forbes Field and
Pittsburgh Crawfords home
Greenlee Field both in Pittsburgh. From 1940 until 1942, the Grays played half of their home games in
Washington, D.C., while remaining in Pittsburgh for all other home stands.
[1] As attendance at their games in the nation's capital grew, by 1943 the Grays were playing more than two-thirds of their home games in Washington.
[2]