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From: gadfly@ihuxn.UUCP (Gadfly)
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Subject: Re: First Black Baseball Player
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Date: Tue, 5-Nov-85 14:47:18 EST
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> Who was the first black ballplayer?  My history books and my instinct
> tells me the obvious answer: Jackie Robinson.  
> 
> Why then does Trivial Pursuit say that it was some other guy? 

While on this subject, who was the first Hispanic major-leaguer?
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