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As the Phillies retire Dick Allen’s number, he’s still waiting on the Hall of Fame
Over and over again, Cooperstown has refused to admit this Black star who was neither quiet nor grateful
Sports
The ‘comma effect’ on bias and Black lives
That grammatical pause helps explain how racism thrives
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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
Sports
Enjoying my baseball family at a Mets-Phillies game in New York
There’s magic in the sights and sounds of a major league baseball game
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The day the Philadelphia Phillies left a hotel that wouldn’t accommodate black and Latino players
‘The poor guys had to go scrounge for a meal in another community.’