Born in 1871 on Maine's Penobscot Indian reservation and nephew of a chief, Louis Sockalexis became professional baseball's first American Indian
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Monument in Central Maine honors Louis Sockalexis, 1st Indigenous
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Our View: Statue would help tell story of pioneering athlete
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Louis Sockalexis MLB Career and Early Life
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Baseball's First Indian: The Story of Penobscot Legend Louis
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Hardball and Headdresses: Jim Thorpe, Harjo's Indians, and Playing
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Louis Sockalexis Remembered
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Paul Petrick: Name change would dishonor the original Cleveland
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Louis Sockalexis – Remembering, Now & Forever
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Some Thoughts from One Cleveland Fan about Chief Wahoo and the
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Louis Sockalexis: The First Cleveland Indian: Fleitz, David L
Long Before The Miracle charts the dawn of the New York Mets baseball franchise which manifested five years after the dual defection of the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants to the west coast after the 1957 season. A prologue details just why Walter O'Malley and Horace Stoneham moved their teams to Los Angeles and San Francisco, respectively. As for the Mets, the book details who was responsible for influencing Major League Baseball to consider expansion into New York.
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Long Before the Miracle: The Making of the New York Mets [Book]
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