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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 ...
In 1947, Larry Doby became the first Black player in Major League Baseball's American League, joining the Cleveland Indians ...
Larry Doby broke the color barrier in the American League. But as Terry Pluto explains, his rushed debut with the Cleveland ...
"Doby suffered the same indignities as Jackie Robinson, but his struggles did not get the media attention Robinson's received ...
Larry Doby broke the American League color barrier with the Cleveland Indians in July 1947, just 11 weeks after Jackie Robinson, but his journey was quieter, rougher, and often overlooked ...
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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 ...