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| View Poll Results: Most Influential African American Baseball Figure Besides Jackie Robinson | |||
| Bud Fowler (First Black Professional Ballplayer) |
   
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0 | 0% |
| Moses Fleetwood Walker (First Black Major League Ballplayer) |
  
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11 | 6.71% |
| Sol White (History of Colored Baseball) |
  
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2 | 1.22% |
| Rube Foster (Founder of Negro National League) |
  
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63 | 38.41% |
| Other (Please identify) |
  
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88 | 53.66% |
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10-24-2014, 11:17 AM
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My rationale behind Paige is that while Foster was important, another capitalist african american would have likely replaced him in founding a league because of it's financial potential. Paige had no equal in terms of skill and personality and was a big force in driving integration. People wanted to know how good he really was. Then, at such an advanced age, performing so well and in the process capturing people's hearts with his unique style, and also the tragedy of what might have been in terms of major league numbers.
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