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This Date in Baseball History - March 11
Posted on 3/11/17 at 3:53 pm
Posted on 3/11/17 at 3:53 pm
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1901 John McGraw, manager of new American League's Orioles, signs Charlie Grant, trying to pass off the black infielder as a Cherokee Indian named Tokohoma. The skipper's scheme to secretly integrate the major leagues unravels in Chicago when White Sox president Charles Comiskey objects to Baltimore's new player, after recognizing the true identity of the team's second baseman.
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Posted on 3/23/17 at 2:27 pm to blueridgeTiger
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1901 John McGraw, manager of new American League's Orioles, signs Charlie Grant, trying to pass off the black infielder as a Cherokee Indian named Tokohoma. The skipper's scheme to secretly integrate the major leagues unravels in Chicago when White Sox president Charles Comiskey objects to Baltimore's new player, after recognizing the true identity of the team's second baseman. Comiskey was later found scalped in an alley.
Posted on 3/23/17 at 2:31 pm to blueridgeTiger
quote:weren't those the Orioles who turned into the yankees?
1901 John McGraw, manager of new American League's Orioles,
Posted on 3/23/17 at 4:39 pm to Harry Caray
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weren't those the Orioles who turned into the yankees?
Believe they were the Highlanders before they became the Yankees.
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