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by Sticky Spice » Tue Mar 29, 2011 11:43 am
Thank you for this

“Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them.” --Henry David Thoreau
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by Padsin05 » Tue Mar 29, 2011 12:19 pm
great story
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by neoforce » Tue Mar 29, 2011 12:43 pm
Wow. A must read for anyone who loves baseball history.
There are a few things with the New York Yankees that never change. That's pride, tradition, and most of all, we have the greatest fans in the world. -Derek Jeter, 9/21/08 -- last words from old Yankee Stadium
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by RAmst23 » Tue Mar 29, 2011 12:56 pm
What a fantastic story and great effort by the man who uncovered all this history. So frustrating to know that there were these amazing players who didn't get a chance to play in MLB just because of their skin color.
...Boston papers now and then suffer a sharp flurry of arithmetic on this score; indeed, for Williams to have distributed all his hits so they did nobody else any good would constitute a feat of placement unparalleled in the annals of selfishness. -Updike
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by saemick » Tue Mar 29, 2011 2:15 pm
Great story. And the Burr Oak Cemetery is in my hometown. I think it'd be kind of neat to take some time and see Donaldson's gravesite the next time I head back there.
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by jswede » Tue Mar 29, 2011 6:33 pm
awesome. thank you for posting.
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