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Article: Bill White: the National League's new boss; baseball selects the first Black to head a major-league sports organization.
- Article from:
- Ebony
- Article date:
- May 1, 1989
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Bill White The National League's New Boss
Baseball selects the first Black to head a major-league sports organization
WHEN Bill White made his major-league baseball debut on May 7, 1956, he did it in very dramatic fashion. Incredibly, in his first at-bat, he hit a home run and joined a very small group of players who have entered the big leagues with such a bang.
Today, 33 years later, White's association with baseball is still one of distinction. The former first baseman for the New York/San Francisco Giants, St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Phillies is the first Black to be named president of the National League, making him the first ...