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Remembering the forgotten Black heroes of baseball
Ask anyone who the original baseball great is and they’ll tell you the same name: Babe Ruth.
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Earlier this year, MLB teams wore Negro National League throwback jerseys with a badge commemorating the centennary of the league.
A seven-time World Series champion with the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees, and a 12-time American League (AL) home run leader, Ruth played in Major League Baseball from the age of 19 until he was 40.
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Under the ownership and management of Rube Foster, the Chicago American Giants won the first three Negro National League championships from 1920-22.
Ruth was a vaulted star of baseball, the first great sports star in American history. He was baseball’s Michael Jordan before the Chicago Bulls great’s father was even born.
He is undoubtedly a great of the game, yet he played at a