CC honors ‘Black Aces’ during Players’ Weekend

Once the younger version of CC Sabathia proved he could consistently ring up victories at the game’s highest level, he recalls being taken aside by former big league hurler Jim “Mudcat” Grant, who described a select club the left-hander seemed to have the chops to join. It was a group called the “Black Aces,” which consisted of African-American pitchers to win 20 or more games in a single season.