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Pioneers like Minoso fail to get credit.

Publication: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
Publication Date: 28-FEB-06 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Pioneers like Minoso fail to get credit.(Sports)

Article Excerpt
Byline: Mike Imrem

Too bad Minnie Minoso wasn't elected to the baseball Hall of Fame on Monday.

The timing would have been perfect. You know, with White Sox descendents Frank Thomas and Kenny Williams bickering as they are.

If Minoso doesn't deserve induction as a player, he certainly does as a pioneer. He was one of the players who endured major hardships so subsequent generations wouldn't have to endure minor inconveniences.

Because men like Minoso, Jackie Robinson and Larry Doby crossed baseball's racial line with such dignity, men...

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