Darrell Porter
... On January 17, 1952 he Created one of the world’s greatest baseball players, Darrell Porter. But it all started back in 1924 in Gracemont, Oklahoma when Ray Porter was born, his father. ... Gracemont is an Indian town and Ray always believed there was Indian blood flowing through the Porter family veins because of the dark coloration of our skin and the strong nose. Both of which Darrell inherited. ... In 1927 Calvin and Ray were both adopted by a farm couple by the name of Porter. The main reason that they were adopted was to work on the Porter’s farm. ... After the stock market crashed the Porter family moved out to Arkansas. ... Later on Ray Porter 2 transferred over to Weatherford High, in Weatherford, Oklahoma were he began to show his great abilities in sports. ... Along the way came Patricia, Jimmy, Darrell, Eddie, and Denny who all lived in a small humble home on 52nd street in Oklahoma City, Ok. ... When Darrell was nine he tried out for a little league team. ... ”(Big League Heros) To Darrell’s surprise he made the team. Although Darrell was one of the best players on the team his father never praised him for doing well. Darrell never did take very naturally to work. His father would always give him a job or chore to do around the house and Darrell would get about half way through and always go off and do other things.