A bit of history today
by JD on Feb 27, 2006 4:03 PM CST
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PrintBaseball Hall of Fame Elects First Woman
"TAMPA, Fla. Feb 27, 2006 (AP)-- Effa Manley became the first woman elected to the baseball Hall of Fame when the former Newark Eagles executive was among 17 people from the Negro Leagues and pre-Negro Leagues chosen Monday by a special committee."
Personally, I think it's nice to see team owners as well as players get recognition for what they did on the path towards integration. And I'm sure "Effa Manley" will become the answer to a trivia question in the not too distant future.
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That is a shame...
Horrible
This group of voters are idiots. I even started a blog on the subject because I was so pissed.
by cuwalker on Feb 28, 2006 10:44 PM CST reply actions
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