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All-Black Baseball All-Time Team Picks Stirs Debate
Fred Lieb lists an all-time black baseball roster from the past century, including Babe Ruth and Jackie Robinson figures, then debated by Monte Irvin and others. The piece notes Hall of Fame nods for John Henry Lloyd and Martin DiHigo and suggests Willie Mays and Hank Aaron would challenge the lineup.
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Martin Luther King
Choo Choo Coleman
Lieb
Hall of Fame Veterans Committee
Committee On
John Henry Lloyd
Horus Wagner
Martin Dihigo
Jackie Robinson
Brooklyn Dodgers
Jackie
Willie Mays
Monte Irvin
New York Giants
Ruth
Irvin
Mays
Aaron
Irwin
Willie Stargell
Joe Morgan
Ernie Banks
Hank Aaron
Frank Robinson
Willie Mayse
Roy Campanella
Earl Battey
Satchel Paige
Bob Gibson
Don Newcombe
Josh Gibson
Cool Papa Bell
Bowie Kuhn