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 Post subject: Seems like a black-and-white issue
PostPosted: Fri Jun 29, 2007 5:01 pm 
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From NYT story about Al Downing, who gave up Hank Aaron's 715th home run:

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He broke into major league baseball with the Yankees in 1961 and generally is regarded as the Yankees’ first African-American starting pitcher. Once called the black Sandy Koufax, Downing played 17 seasons and finished with a record of 123-107 and a 3.22 earned run average. He was an All-Star in 1967, led the American League in strikeouts in 1964 and led the National League in shutouts in 1971.


Anybody know why there should be some doubt about this?


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Can't come up with a name right now, but before Jackie Robinson broke the colour barrier, there were a couple of managers who tried to "smuggle" Negro pitchers in by calling them Spanish-American.
Don't know if that is what the reference is to, but to me it's shoddy reporting to not explain what you mean in the story. It's like saying "John Smith is the second man in major-league history to hit two grand slams in one inning", and not name the other guy.


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