![]() ![]() “It’s a beautiful way to convey everything the Negro Leagues represents. “Through animation and a project like this, you can bring them to life,” he said. He wants the visibility of the video game to help bring more awareness to the museum. Kendrick said having the Negro League storyline in the game will hopefully inspire young Black kids and others of color to learn more about their heritage. Sony’s San Diego Studio will donate $1 to the Negro Leagues Museum for every MLB The Show 23 Collector’s Edition is sold. But they should for both from a baseball perspective as well as a historical perspective.” And unfortunately, the majority of the public, they don’t know these names. We’re talking about some of the greatest athletes to ever put on a baseball uniform. “I tell people all the time that the talent in the Negro Leagues would not take a backseat to any league. ![]() ![]() “It’s not to disparage Jackie at all, but this is how great the talent was in the Negro Leagues,” Kendrick said. He said the league had such a rich talent pool where players played with in a “bold, brash way” and was “fast and daring.” Russell said the process was a tedious one, but it couldn’t have fully come together without the expertise of Kendrick - who he says knows the real history of the Negro Leagues and players “more than anyone else.” He said Kendrick was the perfect person to narrate the storyline mode, because of his well-rounded knowledge about player’s greatness.Įven though Jackie Robinson was the first African American player to play in a Major League Baseball game in 1947, Kendrick said during his narration in the mode that Robinson was not the best player from the Negro Leagues. That helped nail down the fine animation details for each player, jerseys and the stadiums where games were held. Not a lot of game footage from the Negro Leagues exists, so game creators gathered archive video and photos from the museum and family members of the deceased players to collect as much as they could. He played a vital role in working across multiple teams who did a “tremendously smart job” in creating the mode. “This is a project I’ve always wanted to do,” said Russell, the product development communications and brand strategist for Sony Interactive Entertainment. He’s been mulling over the idea for more than a decade as a mainstay for the development and marketing team for the MLB The Show series. Ramone Russell was the first to pitch Sony executives the concept of breathing life into the Negro League players through the franchise’s popular video game. If it’s a video game, then so be it.” A digital rendering of Jackie Robinson as a member of the Kansas City Monarchs from the game MLB The Show 23. I have to got to them in the mode of which they are getting information. “How do I establish a relevant connection with an ever-changing generation of young people? I can’t sit back and wait for them to come to me at the doors of the museum. “For the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, this is all about creating relevancy,” he said. The last time Negro League players were featured in a video game was on EA Sports MVP Baseball 2005 that included Robinson, Paige and Bob Gibson as legendary figures. Kendrick said the multi-year partnership is a “gigantic step in keeping the legacy alive” for the Negro Leagues. ![]()
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