Satchel Paige

Major League Baseball's record books were officially updated Wednesday to include Negro Leaguers who played in one of seven leagues from 1920 to 1948.

In his film The League, Sam Pollard tells the story of the Negro National League, which began in Kansas City: "They brought a different kind of style ... a kind of baseball which Major League Baseball is trying to bring back."

Wichita’s National Baseball Congress has showcased the best collegiate and semipro players in the country for nearly 100 years. But of all the players who have played here, perhaps none is as significant to the city’s baseball history as Leroy “Satchel” Paige.

The Kansas City Council rezoned the baseball legend's home this week so the 112-year-old property can be repurposed for events, office space and a museum.

The company Pitch Perfect KC won the bid to rehab the Hall of Fame pitcher's long-vacant home in Kansas City's Santa Fe Neighborhood.

The house that once belonged to the legendary pitcher has sat empty for more than two decades. Now Kansas City seeks proposals to revive it as a community asset.