A bygone Black baseball legend who was initially buried in an unmarked grave is finally getting his Colorado due.
Theodore “Bubbles” Anderson, the state’s only native to play in the Negro Leagues, will be inducted into the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame on Wednesday evening at Hilton Denver City Center.
Anderson’s candidacy was spearheaded by Justin Adams, an anchor/reporter for CBS News Colorado who has been on the Hall of Fame’s selection committee since 2017. Anderson came close to making the Hall a couple of times previously, including missing induction by one vote last year, before he was voted in by the old-timers’ committee as part of the 60th anniversary class.