I recently had the good fortune of interviewing Dave Frey, the lead singer of one of my all-time favorite bands, Sidewalk Prophets. It was everything I had hoped it would be. Frey was funny, outgoing, ...

He’s been away from these parts for nearly five years, but nobody has forgotten longtime anthem singer Doug Allen.

A version of this story originally appeared on MiLB.com in 2006. We present it here once more as Minor League Baseball celebrates Black History Month with stories of Black baseball pioneers.