A forgotten legacy of MLB expansion in 1961-62 is that it mostly killed racial discrimination in promoting black prospects. In the 1950s, it was still common for black players to log an extra year or two battering minor league competition - teams still hesitant to integrate fast.
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Even teams that eagerly sought black stars still feared that their fans wouldn't accept too many black players on the same roster. But expansion killed the talent surplus of the 50s. Didn't create perfect equality overnight, but much rarer after 1962 to see guys just languish.
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Dan McLaughlin Retweeted Lionel Mandrake
ABA definitely opened things up.https://twitter.com/LMandrakeJr/status/1367586960861261826 …
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