The subject of Larry Doby came up. Doby was the first Black player in the American League. Veeck signed Doby in the middle of ...

Bill Sizemore might be 91 years old, but there's a day, 75 years ago, that he remembers as if it were just yesterday. It was ...

Bill Sizemore might be 91 years old, but there's a day, 75 years ago, that he remembers as if it were just yesterday—his ...

In 1947, Larry Doby became the first Black player in Major League Baseball's American League, joining the Cleveland Indians ...

On July 5, 1947, eleven weeks after Jackie Robinson integrated major league baseball, two-time Negro League All-Star Larry ...

Larry Doby broke the American League's color barrier 78 years ago today, on July 5, 1947. It was just a few months after ...

Larry Doby, a pioneering force for Black baseball players, was honored with the Congressional Gold Medal during ceremony at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday in Washington, D.C.

Larry Doby never reacted or swore. Me, I would lose my cool, get angry, curse. If somebody hit me like they shouldn’t have, I’d jump up ready to kill the guy. ...

Eastside vs. Wayne Hills, first varsity baseball game on new turf at Larry Doby Field in Eastside Park, Monday, May 19, 2025 in Paterson. Statue of Larry Doby adjacent to the field named in his honor.