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03-28-2011, 05:57 PM #1
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The Greatest Pitcher You've Never Heard Of...
Cool story for those of you who like baseball history:
http://www.thepostgame.com/features/...ve-never-heard[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]www.alamedasportsproject.com
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03-29-2011, 01:32 PM #2
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Re: The Greatest Pitcher You've Never Heard Of...
A good read. I had never heard of Donaldson, either, but he was among the best, black or white, in his era.
Dave Miedema
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03-29-2011, 03:29 PM #3
Re: The Greatest Pitcher You've Never Heard Of...
“One prominent baseball man in fact offered me a nice sum if I would go to Cuba, change my name and let him take me into this country as a Cuban,” Donaldson said. “It would mean renouncing my family. One of the agreements was that I was never again to visit my mother or have anything to do with colored people. I refused. I am not ashamed of my color.”
The dudes making the rules back then, scare the Hell out of me.
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03-29-2011, 10:49 PM #4
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