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From: nyssa@abnji.UUCP (nyssa of traken)
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Subject: Re: First Black Baseball Player
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Date: Tue, 5-Nov-85 07:39:06 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?  Has
>everybody else seen that question?  The answer is some other guy
>whose name escapes me, but whom I had never heard of.

If it is Larry Doby, it refers to the first black in the American
League.  Otherwise, it may refer to the first black to play pro
baseball in the minors (I forget who that was, but I don't think
he ever made it to the major leagues).
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