Lest we forget: Minnie Minoso

March 2, 2015

https://i0.wp.com/www.jockbio.com/Classic/Minoso/Minoso_Images/Minoso_Bio.04.gif?resize=144%2C182The pioneering ballplayer died Sunday at the purported age of 89 (or maybe it was 90; records are not clear about his exact DOB). Here’s the NY Times obituary by Richard Goldstein. And here’s another from the Chicago Tribune as well as a tribute piece.

Books about Minoso include:

As well as just about any book about baseball integration and White Sox history.

Adrian Burgos, Jr., author of Playing America’s Game: Baseball, Latinos, and the Color Line (American Crossroads), wrote this piece for The Sporting News website, “Minnie Minoso was victim of unfair Hall of Fame election rules.”

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