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The subject of Larry Doby came up. Doby was the first Black player in the American League. Veeck signed Doby in the middle of ...
Larry Doby broke the American League's color barrier 78 years ago today, on July 5, 1947. It was just a few months after ...
On July 5, 1947, eleven weeks after Jackie Robinson integrated major league baseball, two-time Negro League All-Star Larry ...
Larry Doby broke the color barrier in the American League. But as Terry Pluto explains, his rushed debut with the Cleveland ...
Bill Sizemore might be 91 years old, but there's a day, 75 years ago, that he remembers as if it were just yesterday—his ...
"Doby suffered the same indignities as Jackie Robinson, but his struggles did not get the media attention Robinson's received ...
In 1947, Larry Doby became the first Black player in Major League Baseball's American League, joining the Cleveland Indians 11 weeks after Jackie Robinson broke the sport's color barrier with the ...
Bill Sizemore might be 91 years old, but there's a day, 75 years ago, that he remembers as if it were just yesterday. It was ...
1 of 6 | Larry Doby (R) shown with fellow former Negro Leagues star Satchel Paige, became the first Black player in Major League Baseball's American League. File Photo courtesy of the Negro ...