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Here’s an illustration of the difference between the visibility of players in the major leagues versus those in the Negro Leagues before Jackie Robinson integrated baseball in 1947.

Quite famously, Bob Feller threw an Opening Day no-hitter for the Cleveland Indians against the Chicago White Sox on April 16, 1940. It was, to that point, the only bi…

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