baseball
Indians-Twins series: A much needed break for Puerto Rico
April 20, 2018With an island-wide blackout keeping Puerto Ricans in the dark, at least there was still baseball.
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Baseball’s Larry Doby: #2 but first-class all the way home
April 17, 2018Ask even the most casual baseball fan who the first African American to play in the major leagues was and they'll say "Jackie Robinson." Ask them who the second was and you'll probably get a blank...
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Jackie Robinson integrates baseball: Daily Worker archives 1947
April 16, 2018"The cheers for Robinson are saying something, something that will make it easier for Negro players to come, for the day when there’ll be no special pressure upon an American ballplayer whose skin happens to be...
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Baseball players union files grievance against four MLB teams
March 1, 2018Can you smell it? Spring is in the air. Well, spring training that is.
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Cleveland Indians ball club to remove racist logo in 2019
January 29, 2018Chief Wahoo, the cartoonish caricature of a Native American, debuted on the Indians’ uniforms in 1948.
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