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#101481 - Thu Jan 20 2000 05:31 PM Baseball color barrier
moose Forum Adept Registered: Mon Dec 20 1999 Posts: 101 Loc: columbus, ohio, usa	The post about the first black pitcher reminded me of these: The Brooklyn Dodgers, of course, were the first major league baseball team to have a black player -- Jackie Robinson in 1947. What was the first American League team to integrate, when did it happen, and who was he? What major league team was the [b]last[b/] to have a black player, what year, and who was he?
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#101482 - Thu Jan 20 2000 07:41 PM Re: Baseball color barrier
CrazyCanuck Mainstay Registered: Sat Jan 08 2000 Posts: 554 Loc: P.E.I, Canada	Cleveland later in 1947 made Larry Doby the first black to play in the AL and the Boston Red Sox were the last team to employ a black player in 1959 with Pumpsie Green! _________________________ I've never felt closer to a group of people. Not even in the portable johns at Woodstock Reverend Jim Ignatowski
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#101483 - Fri Jan 21 2000 05:39 PM Re: Baseball color barrier
moose Forum Adept Registered: Mon Dec 20 1999 Posts: 101 Loc: columbus, ohio, usa	Yup, yup, yup, and yup!
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