Minnie Minoso

Chicago's first black player Minoso dies.

He also was baseball's 1st black Latino star.

We need to lobby SOM for his 54 and 56 seasons next player add.

[urlhttp://www.jsonline.com/sports/national/chicagos-1st-black-major-league-baseball-player-minoso-dies6390f0951ed746d48c53e45f6d563da5-294561751.html?ipad=y][/url] I was hoping, with the softening of relations with Cuba, that Minnie could return to his native home just once to receive the hero's welcome he would have had.
What a joy he was for baseball.

Maxie

He played in 5 decades from the 40's to the 80's.

One tidbit about Minoso's contribution to MLB integration: Visiting teams to Washington always stayed at the Mayflower Hotel in downtown D.C. The hotel refused to admit blacks, requesting that such players be housed elsewhere. The White Sox refused to do that and simply changed their season accommodations to a small hotel near the Maryland border in NW Washington, almost three miles further away from Griffith Stadium. The following season, the Mayflower reversed its policy and agreed to admit blacks.