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#Baseball #trivia question for all reading this, not just the people tagged here.
One guess only.
Make it count!
Complete the sentence: "Larry Doby, Jackie Robinson, and Roberto Clemente are the only baseball players to ..."
#1947League #BlackHistoryMonth
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… to have been listed in this question by Yusuf.
After that, I got nuthin’.
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Ruth swings and misses!
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Ok, looks like I stumped the room.
Larry Doby, Jackie Robinson, and Roberto Clemente are the only #baseball players to have received the Congressional Medal of Honor.
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/larry-doby-congressional-gold-medal/
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More on #1947League hero Larry Doby, one of only three #baseball players to win the Congressional Medal of Honor.
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More on #1947League hero Larry Doby, one of only three #baseball players to win the Congressional Medal of Honor. (Clemente, Robinson)
Doby's was arguably the more challenging path, given his youth and Veeck's "sudden immersion" approach to integrating the AL.
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More on #1947League hero Larry Doby, one of only three #baseball players to win the Congressional Medal of Honor. (Clemente, Robinson)
Veeck had not thought through some basic questions, among them: What's the support network? What position will this guy play?
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More on #1947League hero Larry Doby, one of only three #baseball players to win the Congressional Medal of Honor. (Clemente, Robinson)
"Nobody said, 'We're gonna be nice to the second Black. '"
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"More on #1947League hero Larry Doby, one of only three #baseball players to win the Congressional Medal of Honor. (Clemente, Robinson)
"You know why I hit so well in Washington and St. Louis?"
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"I was never bitter because I believed in the man upstairs. | continue to do my best. I let someone else be bitter. If | was bitter, I was only hurting me. I prefer to remember Bill Veeck, Jim Hegan, and Joe Gordon, the good guys. There is no point in talking about the others."-Larry Doby
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BANKHEAD WINS 9TH, PUTS BROWNS BACK IN FIRST
Dan Bankhead struck out 9 Indians and regained a share of first place for St. Louis. Josh Gibson broke out of an 0-13 slump and knocked in the GWRBI. Dean got the save.
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#1947League #baseball #BlackHistoryMonth
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"Ain't nobody messin' with you but you."
Words to live by.
Today's #1947League game has been brought to you by your friendly neighborhood commissioner -- and the inimitable #GratefulDead.
https://youtu.be/AJvBK5GUt8w?si=5Je6IRHbK6dd_UC3
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Not Satch, sorry....
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You’ve been unhittable lately, Yusuf.
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#Baseball #trivia #quiz for the world at large, NOT just those tagged in this message.
One guess only.
Make it count!
Identify the speaker.
#1947League #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackHistory
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Hank Aaron
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Sorry, not Aaron.
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Willie Mays?
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Alas, not Mays.