True Pioneers in Sports History: Larry Doby
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Uploaded by chillinebony on May 16, 2008
Most people have heard of Jackie Robinson...but have you heard of Larry Doby? Doby became the second African-American major league baseball player of the modern era.
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I have been a Cleveland fan all my life, and as such it makes me real proud that the Indians were the first American League team to break the color barrier.
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@lumpagogo As a kid, I saw Doby hit a homer over the centerfield wall in Washington DC, where I lived. The park - Griffith Stadium - was big, and to hit one over center field was over 500'. He hit another one as far there too, later.
I went to the games in DC when I was 11-12 and to 14. As great as the Indians were, with Luke Easter, Al Rosen, Doby, Avila, Mitchell, Simpson and the "Big 4 pitchers" (Lemon, Wynn, Garcia and Feller), they did not get the recognition, b/c of the Yankees.
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Today is Jackie Robinson Day---------------the Cleveland Indians are forever condemned for doing nothing for Larry Doby. They are cursed and will never win another WS (haven't won it since 1948).
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Larry Doby was the first black player to win a World Series ring; MLB should change the date of his HOF induction.
MLB--------------bastardi!
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whats the song???
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Nicely done..HHA Roolz
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It's not Bill VEEEK, it's Bill Veeck......as in WRECK.
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Man, what a great athlete. Can you imagine what baseball nearly missed, and missed in the years before Robinson and Doby. Classy lads both of them.
I`am a NL-guy so I "root" for Robinson, but by the Sun and the Moon I love this guy. Simply a fine athlete.
sommif 4 months ago
@sommif I agree, one of the most talented baseball players.
chillinebony 4 months ago