It is Jackie Robinson Day across MLB. Hard to ignore that it took the Boston Red Sox 12 years after Robinson's debut with the Dodgers to finally have a black player on their roster. Shoutout to the late Pumpsie Green, who made his debut for Boston in 1959.
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Pumpsie Green poses with a baseball bat in a Boston Red Sox away uniform.
#OnThisDay in 1933, American baseball player Pumpsie Green was born in Boley, Oklahoma. Green had the distinction of being the first black player to play for the Boston Red Sox, the last major-league club to integrate.
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Out with the old and in with the new! The IHM Rockets exhibit is ready for you!
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