Official Site of the Red Sox · May 15, 2015
Mariners, Red Sox to honor Negro Leagues on Saturday
Mariners center fielder Austin Jackson dons the uniform of the former Seattle Steelheads of the West Coast Negro Baseball League.The Steelheads were a short-lived team in the West Coast Negro Baseball League, playing their home games at Sick's Stadium in Seattle as well as ballparks in Tacoma, Bremerton, Spokane and Bellingham.
Saturday's pregame ceremony will include a special tribute to Herb Simpson, the last known surviving member of the Seattle Steelheads who died in January in New Orleans at the age of 94.
