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This summer the Chicago White Sox will host the fifth annual Double Duty Classic - an event celebrating the history and tradition of Negro Leagues baseball in Chicago and showcasing the next generation of inner-city baseball players.
On June 27, 2012 at U.S. Cellular Field, elite inner-city high school baseball players from across the country will participate in an All-Star game. Players will dress in uniforms honoring the Negro Leagues' East-West.
2011 Double Duty Classic Photo Gallery »
Ted "Double Duty" Radcliffe was born on July 7, 1902 in Mobile, Ala. and played for the Chicago American Giants of the Negro Leagues. At the age of 41, Radcliffe earned MVP honors for his performance during the 1943 season with the American Giants. Nicknamed "Double Duty" because he would regularly pitch the first game of a doubleheader and catch the second game, Radcliffe was one of the most dynamic players in the Negro Leagues and all of baseball. Beginning in 2002, until the year of his death in Chicago in 2005, Radcliffe threw a ceremonial first pitch prior to a White Sox game.
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The Double Duty Classic celebrates the history and tradition of the Negro Leagues in Chicago
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All-Star high school students from across the country take part in the Double Duty Classic at U.S. Cellular Field
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2010 Double Duty Classic Photo Gallery »
2009 Double Duty Classic Photo Gallery »
2008 Double Duty Classic Photo Gallery »
