before playing for the chicago white sox, his grandfather sam played in the negro leagues. >> they wouldut when it came down to go get something to eat pling baseball before jackie wr robinson broke the color barrier in 1947, the anything owe leagues produced players like satchel page, josh gibson and cool papa bell. gibn the bl e cled of white b. rtist kadir nelso has been tipng his cap in his own way for years, painting portrait of players. >> what about the anything owe league players did you find heroic? >> they loved baseball so much that they were able to create their own successful baseball league and change the hearts and minds of a great many. >> reporter: which is why so many are tipping their cap. not just to those who crossed the bridge, but to those who built it and never got the chance to make the trip. jim axelrod, cbs news. >> play ball. and that's the "overnight news" for this tuesday. for some of you, the news continues. fourths, check back later for "cbs this morning" and follow us online at any time at cbs.com. reporting from the nation's capital, i'm ed o'keefe. ♪ ca

before playing for the chicago white sox, his grandfather sam played in the negro leagues. >> they wouldthese ehite fans, but when it came time to go get something time to go get something to eat or maybe stay at the hotel, they wouldn't allow them in. >> reporter: the only way for african americans to make money playing baseball before jackie robinson broke the color barrier in 1947, the negro leagues produced players like satchel paige, josh gibson, and cool papa bell, ever bet the equal of white stars in talent, but banned from demonstrating that on major league fields. so they called josh gibson the "black babe ruth" but many thought ruth should be called "the white gibson." >> reporter: artist kadir nelson has been tipping his cap for years painting portraits of negro leaguers. what about them do you find heroic? >> they love baseball so much, that they were able to create their own successful baseball league, and change the hearts and minds of a great many. >> reporter: which is why so many are tipping their cap, not just to those who cross the bridge, but to those who built it, an

luis robert of the chicago white sox makes a catch. look again as he went back up for it.actually had the ball in his glove, but the glove lands over the wall and that's a home run. >>> this is kind of cool. remember my bowl from the warriors. this is his son who plays for the denver nuggets. is 7'2", that's a big block. look at his reach right there [ laughter ]. it is amazing. next week the resumption of flight in the nba. that is the sporting life. it is 11:00 and time for more news. >> just real quick, we were talking last night about menu will and how he had a car. he took out the francie and he would drive from the backseat. >> actually had a ford bronco and he had no front seat. he would easily just drive. i saw him many times. the workers used to work out at alameda college. he would drive over there and was a big fan of channel 2. that's how i knew him. he would say check this out and drive that thing. i mean 7'6", he couldn't get in a regular car [ laughter ]. a great guy and his son is carrying on his tradition. that's the sporting life. >>> coming up next at 11

sunday the chicago white sox announced two players have the virus.th have been asymptomatic and are now in quarantine. on saturday four atlanta braves players have been infected. one of those is freddie freeman, the 30-year-old first baseman. his wife is warning people how dangerous coronavirus can be. she wrote on instagram. he's had body aches, headaches, chills and a high fever since thursday. he's someone who never gets sick. this virus has hit him like a ton of bricks. unlike many latin american countries, couba is crushing th coronavirus curse. the island nation was sending health care workers to help countries devastated by the virus. >> reporter: cuban health care workers make ready to go fight on the frontlines of the coronavirus outbreak. these doctors and nurses won't be treating patients in couba. here they are traveling to countries where the pandemic rages out of control or lack health care resources. the second international mission. we fought ebola in west fruk, he tells me. that was a high risk situation. you never get used to it, bu

major—league leasable season and a third game had to be postponed because the manager of the chicago white soxprofessional league in north america and it is showing. jurgen klopp has been met named manager of the year by the english league managers association. he guided liverpool to the first league title in 30 years in a season that also saw them crown world champions. they amassed 99 points as they won the premier league title by 18 points from second—place manchester city. in 2022 world cup hosts qatar says it would also like to stage the olympics possibly in 2032. the oil—rich countries increasingly keen to host major sporting events and has already hosted the world athletic championships. england's hopes of sealing a series win against the west indies have been hit bya the west indies have been hit by a day of rain in manchester. not able old and play was abandoned which means england will now have just the final day on tuesday to boldly wendy's out. the tourists are chasing an unlikely 399 to win and they are already a couple of wickets down. the weather forecast is better but still som

people to understand my mission or know what i'm about that has been impressive mistake from a chicago white sox rookie lewis robot was playing in an into squad training game with his how full swing caused him to for life but to keep it out failed to connect it so well with the ball but he still managed to hit a home run. right that only as an out if that's a couple of lay thanks joe more sport in the next news hour that will be with welling's we're back after the break with plenty more news for you on al-jazeera. and the next episode of techno the team travels to the heart of the amazon. where we are now should be rain pours to investigate illegal gold mining mercury has a very unique characteristic finding the gold for a miner it's almost like magic and the technology being used to expose its devastating impact and so what we end up doing is imaging the worst in very high fidelity 3. techno on all just 0. another early morning another ceremony to bed health workers by well. 29000 to cuban doctors and nurses working in 59 countries around the world has confirmed cases of coronavirus increase so

well it has been an impressive mistake from a chicago white sox rookie robot was playing in an into squad training game when his powerful swing caused him to fall over but the cuban outfielder who has yet to face a regular season pitch connected so well he still managed to hit a home run all right that is so useful for now it is back to came thanks that. well that is the newsarama don't go away more news in just a minute. on countering the cost of war games in the south china sea washington sends an aircraft carrier as beijing flexes its military and economic muscle by jiri or gets ready for export gas as big oil prepares for a post covert world plus global remittances plus counting the cost on al-jazeera. it's the u.k.'s biggest hospital with the eventual capacity for 4000 covert 19 patients built inside a london conference center it took just 9 days to construct with the help of army engineers dramatically expanding the critical care bed count and other similar sites on the way the actual london numbers could be much higher than advertised researchers say that huge gaps in testing capac

told victory in just 24 starts and let's finish with baseball of what looks embarrassing for chicago white sox worker but works out well in the end luis robot was playing him into a squad trying to guide him in that powerful swing caused him to fall over but the keep him out food or reject suffice of break ulysses and pitch connected so well with a bow he managed to hit a home run so he got there in the end now just like me mario. maybe he makes falling down look good he did didn't we thank you that wraps up the news hour but i will be back in a couple of minutes with a bonus of news for you today. this underwater treasure is a risk of disappearing juice a coral bleaching caused by rising temperatures when we think about the great bear it gives a strain the area its cultural heritage its iconic and the tourism industry based band says we will lose it instantly if we have another bleaching event of the sniper gee if this continues they just well baby off the charity of the corals to recount i mean between those magic. scientists a calling for a strong good climate policy from the government to

the chicago white sox showed us their modifications, including dugouts with an emphasis on social distancingreening sites that anyone wh enters the park will be required to pass through. >> the focus right now is trying to create a healthy and safe atmosphere so the players can come get themselves back into playing shape, then we can be back to playing games. >> reporter: with the new season set to begin in late july, players have three weeks to get started for the shortened, 60-game season, where no fans will be allowed in any of the stadiums the oakland a's getting creative, by allowing fans to purchase cardboard cutouts of themselves to be placed in the stands back in philadelphia, high hopes that the season will still be a home run is it your sense that this is going to feel like the baseball we know and love >> i really do i think once we get past this initial stage of spring training, we're three weeks away, and we're going to do everything we can to pull this off. >> let's hope joe girardi is right. steph, here's the thing, i mean, what major league baseball is doing, how they're doin

ray was from chicago and a rabid white sox fan. ray was with me for many years which we both considered successful. but ray got married and wanted to go back home. unfortunately ray was struck with cancer and died at the young age of 37. he left behind his wife, kristen and daughters norah, maggie and lucy. they will always be part of team shimkus. what could be another one for the record books is two legislative directors who served in the same office getting married. no one would ever guess me to be a cupid but the proof is in the pudding. their friendship and courting was never really news to me but over the years their strong marriage has become a sense of pride. moe is from illinois and how do you say this tactfully was the boss to ryanning, my then-legislative assistant for agriculture and energy. once she left the legislative director position ryan accepted it. then they got married and moved to ryan's hometown in monticello, illinois and are raising their two daughter, vivian and alice. greta joined us from sugar grove, ill