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Baseball
Righting A Wrong
By GrowingBolder.com
Jun 13, 2008

They had the skills to play in the big leagues but were denied the chance because of their skin color. In a symbolic gesture of goodwill, Major League Baseball "drafted" 30 former Negro League players -- the last living links to Jackie Robinson and Satchel Paige -- and celebrated those it once excluded.

This story was done at Walt Disney World's Wide World of Sports complex.

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