In Game One of the 1954 World Series between the New York Giants and the Cleveland Indians, the score was tied 2-2 in the top of the eighth when Larry Doby, the second African American player to sign a major league contract, drew a walk, and Al Rosen singled, moving Doby to second.
Giants manager Leo Durocher brought in a reliever, Don Liddle, to pitch t…
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