https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/0...le-staying-home.html
Food for thought. More people need to stop believing what they are told. Most believe what they are told first instead of looking for themselves and accept it as though it is fact.
Most people believe Jackie Robinson was the first African American in the major leagues, but he was definitively not. But that is the narrative MLB wants to write. It suits them better than acknowledging the pervasive racism that permeated the sport. There were African American players, then a ban, then there was Jackie breaking the color barrier. But most have been told JR was first so that is what they believe.
How powerful is being first. Jackie Robinson was a first ballot hall-of-famer, and deservedly so. But what about the 2nd African American in baseball. His career numbers were probably better than Jackie's. He started about 2 months later(June 1947 vs April 1947). He was "first" in the all the AL parks, and faced all the same racist BS that Jackie did in the NL. Also like Jackie, he was a class act. Sure Jackie had a better career batting average .311 to .283. But, they were both World series MVPs. Also, he hit 116 career more home runs than Jackie, he had about 250 more career RBIs than Jackie, He was an ALL-star 7 times to Jackie's 6. But most people don't even know Larry Doby's name.
Worse than that. LD was not a first-ballot hall-of-famer. When did he get in, more than thirty years later. It took special election by the players. That's right, he never got in by vote of the baseball writers. Some of you may have know this story, most didn't. The ones that did know, they looked for themselves. I recommend to stop believing what you are told, start looking for yourself.