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A SPECIAL SUNDAY AND OTHER LATE APRIL BASEBALL ADVENTURES TO KEEP THE WOERIOLES OUT OF MIND

On Sunday afternoon April 18 I rode the Long Island Railroad out to Babylon to attend the ceremonies honoring the Cuban Giants, who were very likely the first professional “pay for play” African-American baseball team. In the mid-1880s while ostensibly serving as waiters at the luxury Argyle Hotel this team of African-Americans represented the  Read More 
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