The subject of Larry Doby came up. Doby was the first Black player in the American League. Veeck signed Doby in the middle of ...

"Doby suffered the same indignities as Jackie Robinson, but his struggles did not get the media attention Robinson's received ...

In 1947, Larry Doby became the first Black player in Major League Baseball's American League, joining the Cleveland Indians ...

Bill Sizemore might be 91 years old, but there's a day, 75 years ago, that he remembers as if it were just yesterday—his ...

Bill Sizemore might be 91 years old, but there's a day, 75 years ago, that he remembers as if it were just yesterday. It was ...

On July 5, 1947, eleven weeks after Jackie Robinson integrated major league baseball, two-time Negro League All-Star Larry ...

Larry Doby broke the American League's color barrier 78 years ago today, on July 5, 1947. It was just a few months after ...

Larry Doby never reacted or swore. Me, I would lose my cool, get angry, curse. If somebody hit me like they shouldn’t have, I’d jump up ready to kill the guy. ...

Eastside vs. Wayne Hills, first varsity baseball game on new turf at Larry Doby Field in Eastside Park, Monday, May 19, 2025 in Paterson. Statue of Larry Doby adjacent to the field named in his honor.

The $2.8 million revitalization is complete at Larry Doby Field at Eastside Park in Paterson. The city held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Wednesday for the renovated field. Calling it a “field of ...

Paterson's Larry Doby Field undergoing $2.8 million makeover 01:48. PATERSON, N.J. — An athletic field in New Jersey named for baseball and civil rights icon Larry Doby is getting a fresh look ...