doby in A Sentence

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    Nine years later, Doby was finally elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.

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    Larry Doby integrated all those American League ball parks where Jackie Robinson never appeared.

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    Upon Doby's death, former MLB Commissioner Fay Vincent perhaps said it best when he stated,

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    But Doby's accolades didn't end with his playing career, or with baseball, for that matter.

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    It was around this time when he and his wife gave birth to David Doby, Larry's father.

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    That season Jackie Robinson and Doby also frequently spoke on the telephone to help keep each others' spirits up.

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    He didn't want Doby to play in the minors, but rather to start right in the majors- no small task.

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    On July 5, 1947, Larry Doby joined his new team and, just like as happened to Robinson, the reception wasn't great.

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    To Doby, that embrace meant so much more,“That was feeling from within, the human side of two people, one black and one white.

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    Doby stated of meeting his new teammates,“I walked down that line, stuck out my hand, and very few hands came back in return.

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    Once the season started, and with a lot more playing time(121 games and 500 plate appearances), Doby showed exactly what he could do, batting .301, with a.

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    Doby once again came in second- baseball's second African-American manager(Hall of Famer Frank Robinson was the first when he managed the Indians with Doby as the first base coach.).

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    Although history tends to forget Doby's much-less hyped debut and subsequent stellar performance, his life, career, and path to the majors were just as interesting and courageous as Robinson's.

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    Less than three months later, on July 5, 1947 in Cleveland, Ohio, Larry Doby became the second African-American ball player break the color barrier, and the first on an American League team.

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    On July 3, 1947, Veek signed Larry Doby to a contract, but allowed him to play one more game with the Newark Eagles(where he hit a home run) before taking a train to Cleveland.

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    There was some question going into the 1948 baseball season as to whether Doby should even make the team, given his poor performance the season before, but he quickly silenced the doubters, reportedly even hitting close to a 500 foot home run during spring training.

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