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Old 03-03-2018, 12:07 PM
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Originally Posted by tjb1952tjb View Post
Here's another image from Opening Day 1947. Does anyone happen to know who the uniformed player is in the dugout? He appears to be African American.
The next black player was Dan Bankhead, the first black pitcher in MLB. He followed Jackie by four months. My guess is that that is a white player. Kinda looks like Dixie Walker to me, making this question especially ironic.
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