The last game of baseball played before quarantine was a pre-season game between the Yankees and the Nationals. It was the definition of inconsequential. Except for a single man in blue who represents a deep and painful chapter in an ongoing story that Baseball and America continues to reckon with.

Featuring interviews with the Athletic's Alex Coffey, Peter Golenbock, and archival audio of Emmett Ashford courtesy of the National Baseball Hall of Fame Library.