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Originally Posted by oldjudge
Mark, I think you are missing the point. Anson's racism cost hundreds of great ball players the chance to compete at the major league level. That affected them financially, physically and emotionally. No matter what Anson did with a bat it can't, at least in my mind, overcome the harm he caused to the game.
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It is undisputed Anson was an avowed racist, and that is shameful. But I'm not sure I see the connection between that fact and the view that Anson's racism prevented ballplayers of color from competing at the major league level. The color barrier was formally adopted after the Civil War at the 1867 National Association Baseball Convention, long before Anson became a noted figure in baseball. And it continued long after he had left the game.