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Double Duty Radcliffe, Negro Leagues pitcher and catcher
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Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season: Eig, Jonathan: 9780743294614: : Books
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Negro league baseball's demise assured once MLB integrated in 1947
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Luke Easter: The Gold Rush of 1949 and What Might Have Been
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Negro league baseball's demise assured once MLB integrated in 1947
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Negro League players may alter MLB record books, Richmond Free Press
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Breaking the Color Line: The Politics of Signing Jackie Robinson
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Connie Johnson – Society for American Baseball Research
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PITCHING LEGENDS Staving off Armageddon with a trip to the Valley
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MLB classifies Negro Leagues as a major league, will count statistics
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Getting baseball up to speed again is reason to rejoice, and other thoughts - The Boston Globe
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Picking Each MLB Team's Mount Rushmore, News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors
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Baseball Integration, 1947-1986 – Society for American Baseball Research