The Greatest Pitcher You've Never Heard Of...

[Dewey2007]

Cool story for those of you who like baseball history:

http://www.thepostgame.com/features/201103/greatest-pitcher-youve-never-heard

[sox83cubs84]

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A good read. I had never heard of Donaldson, either, but he was among the best, black or white, in his era.

Dave Miedema

[both-teams-played-hard]

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“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.

[sox83cubs84]

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“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.

Kudos to Donaldson for refusing to kowtow on this matter.

Dave M.