Below is a condensed timeline of Black baseball teams in the Tidewater region, starting with the Norfolk Red Stockings in the late 1800s to the Tides in 2025. Most information comes from Baseball in Norfolk, Virginia, written by Clay Shampoe and Thomas R. Garrett; especially chapter seven’s “Black Baseball in
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