Here I thought I was going to see the future Pres trying out for a Major League Team. I guess that would have been the Red Sox though, huh?
Speaking of Boston, herbc, the Sox were the last American League team to integrate. Pumpsie Green joined the team in 1959, twelve years after Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier.
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