‘The Hartford Yard Goats’ play as ‘The Hartford Schoolboys’!
Johnny “Schoolboy” Taylor was a baseball legend from the South End of Hartford, and one of the most famous Negro League players from that era. Taylor signed a professional contract as a 19-year-old pitcher in 1935 with the New York Cubans, and had a fantastic first season in the Negro National League. “Schoolboy” was named [...]