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Originally Posted by Fallschirmjager
What really pisses me off is there is no Larry Doby day
It also pisses me off that people cannot look beyond Jackies skin colour and fail to recognize what a hell of a ballplayer he was.
All they talk about is how he broke the colour barrier and how good of a batter he was never enters the disscussion or the fact that he is possibly one of the five best fielding second basemen of all time.
60 years later and Jackies skin colour is still holding him back.
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That's an interesting point.
I guess he had to know that this would come with the territory.
As for Larry Doby, I don't know why he's ignored so much. Would be nice if maybe the AL honored him every couple of years.