Bill "Ready" Cash: 1919 - 2011

"On the field in 105 degree weather, ready for the dressing rooms, but not allowed to use them. Had to go under the stands to dress. Only allowed a short run around the field for warmup as an old guy hollered from the stands, 'Nigger, I'm gonna shoot you.' We still had to play ball. Out of those 28 days we were away from home, we was in bed four hours. All the rest of the time, we slept in the bus traveling." - on life in the Negro Leagues