L - R, Roy Campanella (1921 - 1993), Catcher, Don Newcombe (1926 - 2019), Pitcher, Larry Doby (1923 - 2003) Centerfielder (Cleveland Indians) and Jackie Robinson (1919 - 1972) Second Baseman for the ...

Junior guard Mekhi Doby was in it for the long haul from the start when Aurora University coach Steve Christiansen convinced him this was the school for him. Three years in, the Rockford Guilford ...

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CHARLESTON — If you’ve been to The Joe for a RiverDogs game, you’ve likely walked along the mezzanine on the eastern side of the downtown ballpark along the Ashley River. A plaque there, tucked behind ...

Montclair Brewery is toasting former Montclair resident and barrier-breaking baseball legend Larry Doby with a commemorative can. The brew initially came out in 2020 as part of a Black History Month ...

Larry Doby broke the American League color barrier with the Cleveland Indians in July 1947, just 11 weeks after Jackie Robinson, but his journey was quieter, rougher, and often overlooked, according ...

Larry Doby broke the American League's color barrier 78 years ago today, on July 5, 1947. It was just a few months after Jackie Robinson first took the field for the Brooklyn Dodgers in the National ...

I interviewed Larry Doby while I was still in college. He was a coach with the Chicago White Sox, who trained in Sarasota. I believe it was the spring of 1976 or 1977 when I talked to Doby late one ...

On July 5, 1947, just eleven weeks after Jackie Robinson integrated major league baseball, two-time Negro League All-Star Larry Doby entered the Cleveland Indians lineup as a pinch-hitter in the ...