Art "Superman" Pennington * Negro League All-Star*: General Info
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6/5/2007
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DONATIONS*********************Thank you very much for your words, thoughts, prayers, & donations. They are keeping me going through this troubling time. I am very thankful for the friends & fans I have and the donations are really helping me out. All donors will receive an autographed Thank You Card to show my appreciation to you. Details on donations are below. Take care and I hope to be back up on my feet soon!
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Art Pennington
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922 5th Street S.E.,
Cedar Rapids, IA
52401
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POSTCARDS 4 X 6 -
$10 each or 6 for $50 /
Negro Leagues - (Chicago American Giants),
Cuba - (Havana Lions),
Mexico - (Puebla),
Venezuela (Caracas),
Canada - (Bismark Barons),
Minor Leagues - (Cedar Rapids Indians)
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$50 each
more to come............
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About Art "Superman" Pennington * Negro League All-Star*
• Art Pennington is one of America’s true legends with a professional baseball career lasting nearly 40 seasons 1939-59 (20 years summer ball & winter ball) including stops in the Negro Leagues, Cuba, Mexico, Venezuela, Canada, America and Barnstorming around the world. Sometimes playing 3 games a day.
• ***Voted to 1942 & 1950 Negro League East-West All*Star.
• ***Lifetime .336 Negro League Batting Average.
• ***Hand selected by the great Satchel Paige to play on his Barnstorming Teams.
• ***Three time Batting Champ in the Triple-I League with an astonishing .349 in 1952 (this record stands for more than 40 years).
• ***Experienced extreme racial prejudice returning to the United States as a Proud African American Man with a light skinned Spanish wife and 2 daughters in 1949.
• ***Never was given a fair shot at a career in the Major Leagues because of ignorant, racist haters.
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Art "Superman" Pennington * Negro League All-Star* has 303 friends.
My home town newspaper ran a story regarding you and your losses during the floods of very bad weather. Please know our prayers are with you and yours and I am very pleased to have learned more about black history through your baseball history. My husband, Pete (84) and I are big baseball fans and now a big fan of Art "Superman" Pennington. Thanks for the add and we intend to keep in touch...Many Blessings...
i don't know you but if there's ANYTHING that i can do to help you let me know. i say this with true conviction, negro league all-stars against mlb all-stars, ya'll would've embarrased 'em. please do what you can to bring baseball back to young black men in america, we need you sir.
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Mr. Pennington, thanks for adding me to your list of friends and fans. I don't know how many times you may have played against the St. Louis Cardinals in the '30's, but you may have played against a family friend of ours. Anyhow, thanks again.
Thank u Very Much Art hope u are doing very good, and I lookin foward to seein your cards maybe addin them to my site, Thanks again for stoppin by, Which is your Favorite Card?
