I first met Bill Veeck early in the 1979 baseball season. He was the owner of the Chicago White Sox. I was in Chicago’s old ...

Larry Doby broke the color barrier in the American League. But as Terry Pluto explains, his rushed debut with the Cleveland ...

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 ...

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 ...

In 1947, Larry Doby became the first Black player in Major League Baseball's American League, joining the Cleveland Indians 11 weeks after Jackie Robinson broke the sport's color barrier with the ...

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

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.

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 ...