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Quote by Monte Irvin

“Baseball has done more to move America in the right direction than all of the professional patriots with all their cheap words.”

Quote by Monte Irvin

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Monte Irvin was an American professional baseball player born on February 25, 1919, and passed away on January 11, 2016. He was one of the first African American players in Major League Baseball, serving for the New York Giants and Chicago Cubs, and became the first African American to win the MVP of the All-Star Game in 1946. more

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