When baseball stars came to town, they stayed with him

Paul Stewart interviewed by David Stoner during the Telling Tampa Bay Stories: Midtown event at the Dr. Carter G. Woodson African American Museum in February. NNB reporter Miranda Borchardt and WUSF journalist Lisa Peakes. Photo by Bernardo H. Motta.

BY DAVID STONER, Neighborhood News Bureau Most people know that Roberto Clemente, Willie Stargel, and Frank Robinson are three of the greatest baseball players of all time.  What people may not know is that these ballplayers, along with others, were a part of Midtown history. During the late 1950’s and 1960’s, many of the teams… Continue reading When baseball stars came to town, they stayed with him