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After Jackie: Players who followed Robinson to MLB also faced ongoing racism

The painful stories of baseball players such as Dick Allen, Bob Gibson and Bill White aren’t as well known

By Andrew B. Distler

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In a year of assassinations, an angry Bob Gibson pitched his way into the record books

Cardinals ace faced Denny McLain 50 years ago in Game 1 of the World Series

By John Florio Ouisie Shapiro