The Black Aces: Baseball's Only African-American Twenty-Game WinnersFor most of the first half of the twentieth century, African Americans were excluded from Organized Baseball. But their love of the game, and their desire to play could not be denied. Despite that ban, "blackball" was being played in just about every cow pasture and field available throughout the country. Black players criss crossed the country in Negro League games and on barnstorming tours, bringing baseball to places where the Major Leagues never