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Larry Doby, baseball's overlooked pioneer
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Black ThenLarry Doby: Made History as the First Black Baseball Player in the American League - Black Then
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Larry Doby: Second to none - Watch our special presentation - CBS New York
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Larry Doby Field, Paterson, N.J.
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Paterson, New Jersey - Wikipedia
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Gregory Kohn Reimagines MLB During Quarantine
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Paterson, N.J. honors Larry Doby, who broke the American League's color barrier in 1947 - CBS New York
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Larry Doby, Don Newcombe first Major Leaguers to play in NPB
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Baseball's Larry Doby: #2 but first-class all the way home – People's World