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Larry Raines arrived in Japan by a circuitous route.
Born in West Virginia in 1930, he was a gifted ballplayer, but found himself coming of age at precisely the wrong time. The major leagues integrated in 1947 when Raines was 17, but they weren’t yet signing young prospects to the farm systems. The Negro Leagues remained the best path to a profess…
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