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Before Jackie Robinson, Jorge Pasquel broke baseball's color barrier — in Mexico
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMexican baseball league president Jorge Pasquel, right, introduces catcher Mickey Owen, left, to...
'Greatest all-around player': Martín Dihigo was Shohei Ohtani decades before Angels' MVP candidate
USA TODAY Sports via Yahoo Sports· 2 years agoHaving outlasted his counterpart on the mound in the September heat, the right-handed hurler stepped...
'Incredible honor': World Baseball Classic players allured by national pride, patriotism
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMark DeRosa was sitting in his apartment one day last summer, preparing for his day job as an...
The Dodgers have retired Fernando Valenzuela's number. Does he have a path to Cooperstown?
LA Times via Yahoo Sports· 10 months agoDodgers pitcher Fernando Valenzuela speaks during his jersey retirement ceremony before Friday's...
New Biography Revisits 'Fernandomania,' When Dodgers Rookie Inspired Mexican-American Community in...
People via Yahoo News· 11 months agoFernando Valenzuela is the subject of Erik Sherman's biography, 'Daybreak at Chavez Ravine' He...
Alvarez uses experience, player-first approach to lead the SeaWolves in playoff race
Erie Times News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOne of the best parts of Gabe Alvarez's job is when he gets to tell a player to pack his things for...
Mike Brito, Dodgers scout who discovered Fernando Valenzuela, dies
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMike Brito, left, and Fernando Valenzuela celebrate after the Dodgers defeated the New York Yankees...
Fans of U.S. and Mexico unite, celebrate in festive World Baseball Classic game
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIt took only a split second to see that Sunday was no ordinary night of baseball in downtown...
Team Mexico’s Randy Arozarena wants Cuba in WBC final. Why? ‘So then we can face them’
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 1 year agoRandy Arozarena had a clear rooting interest in Sunday’s World Baseball Classic semifinal between...
'This is our family': San Luis High School's success on field celebrated throughout border community
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMany of the baseball players come from working families, their parents spending long hours in the...