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Robinson broke baseball’s color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947, while Doby became the American League’s first Black player that same year with the Cleveland Indians.
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Joseph Morton, Dallas Morning News, 11 Mar. 2026
Multiple national writers see Jensen as the favorite to win the American League Rookie of the Year award.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 10 Mar. 2026
On this day Wednesday marks 68 years since the American League officially made batting helmets mandatory on March 11, 1958.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 10 Mar. 2026
What Naylor saw, in the first inning of Game 7 of the American League Championship Series in Toronto last fall, was opportunity.
—Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026
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Joseph Morton, Dallas Morning News, 11 Mar. 2026
Multiple national writers see Jensen as the favorite to win the American League Rookie of the Year award.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 10 Mar. 2026
On this day Wednesday marks 68 years since the American League officially made batting helmets mandatory on March 11, 1958.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 10 Mar. 2026
What Naylor saw, in the first inning of Game 7 of the American League Championship Series in Toronto last fall, was opportunity.
—Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026
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