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Old 07-22-2015, 11:49 AM
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Default OT - Integration by the Yankees

My son is researching the book he is writing and he was just in Cooperstown. He found the following two items which I thought are quite interesting. The Yankees could have integrated with Hank Thompson in 1949, obviously they passed on that opportunity.
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