The Celestials’ Last Game

Baseball, Bigotry, and the Battle for America

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Sunday Nov 03, 2024

Just one more thing--or, rather, just a handful more questions about the Celestials' Last Game!

Sunday Oct 27, 2024

Before we record the last out, we need to trace where our protagonists and our nation went in the decades following the final game--and all that they represent and remind us of in our histories and our present alike.

Sunday Oct 20, 2024

The Celestials' exile, just after their triumphant last game, was only one of many lingering losses and tragedies for Chinese Americans in the Exclusion era. Yet in the same period, young Chinese Americans and their allies, including a Chinese Educational Mission alum, fought for and won vital victories that helped guarantee Constitutional rights for all Americans.

Sunday Oct 13, 2024

A climactic triumph. An inescapable tragedy. It has all led to this, for the Celestials, for our story, and for us. 

Sunday Oct 06, 2024

A transcontinental train trip. An ambiguous athletic challenge. An exhibition game that exemplifies so much of the Celestials, the Chinese Educational Mission, the Exclusion Era, and the battle for America. 

Sunday Sep 29, 2024

The Chinese Exclusion Act and its many horrific predecessors and aftermaths sought to destroy existing Chinese American families and communities--including the Chinese Educational Mission and its Celestials baseball team.

Sunday Sep 22, 2024

19th century San Francisco was one of the most diverse cities in the most multi-racial state in the expanding US--but it was also home to a new political party that linked labor activism to anti-Chinese racism and exclusion.

Wednesday Sep 18, 2024

We're almost to play ball!

Sunday Sep 15, 2024

The rise of baseball in the 19th century is one of the great American stories, and we can't tell it without including the successful semi-pro squad the Celestials.

Sunday Sep 08, 2024

Denis Kearney's experience as an immigrant, labor leader, and anti-Chinese activist exemplifies the tragic ironies of 19th century Irish American histories.

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The Celestials' Last Game!

Our music is the great Dr. John's rendition of "Take Me Out to the Ballgame," featured in Ken Burns' Baseball documentary.

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