Like Jackie Robinson before him, Larry Doby — the first Black player in baseball’s American League — endured racist taunts from fans and opposing players, discrimination in hotels and ...

The teammate, Larry Doby, was Black ― only the second of his race in the majors leagues when he joined Cleveland the year before, 81 days after Jackie Robinson integrated modern baseball.

Larry Doby Jr. waited five years for the production of the Congressional Gold Medal that he specifically wanted. No — scratch that — the medal that he knows his father would've wanted.