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In 1959, 12 years after the Brooklyn Dodgers hired an African-American player, Jackie Robinson, the Boston Red Sox were the last major league baseball team to integrate when they brought up an African-American second baseman, Pumpsie Green. After hiring Jackie Robinson, the Dodgers won the National League pennant for seven of the next 13 years; the Red Sox won the American League pennant in 1946 but did not win again for 21 years. How did ending discrimination help the Dodgers? What was the effect of Jackie Robinson on the Red Sox? Who had gained and who had lost when the Sox discriminated against African-American players?

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The MLB's first black player, Jackie Robinson, earned the NL MVP award in 1949. By that criterion, few individuals, and no athlete have had a greater influence on lives in the 20th century. Robinson started the flame and handed it off to numerous generations of athletes of African descent.

Robinson, however, was not present. Instead, he was in Boston for a "tryout" with the Boston Red Sox slated for April 12 at Fenway Park. Sam Jethroe and Marvin Williams, both players in the Negro League, joined Robinson there under the watchful eye of Red Sox scouts and manager Joe Cronin.

For good reason, many consider Jackie Robinson's Ebbets Field debut on April 15, 1947, with the Brooklyn Dodgers to be a pivotal moment in both sports and U.S. civil rights history. The second time Robinson did so occurred on that particular day, though, in baseball.

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