Author Scott Pifer joins Talkin' Baseball with Marty to talk about his book-"The Wendell Smith Reader: Selected Writings on Sports, Civil Rights and Black History."

With the world's eyes on Jackie Robinson, there were not many who noticed the sportswriter who traveled by the baseball star's side in 1946-47. Wendell Smith was a pioneer not only in writing, but in broadcast media as well, with a career that spanned 1937-1972 and included more than 1,500 written pieces.