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  • And if that's not enough, remember that the omnipotent Captain Harold Doby is waiting to restore order to this messed up world.

    It's the Heat 2004

  • The legendary sports columnist Shirley Povich called Doby's act then "the complete emancipation of the American Negro in America's national game ... for the first time a Negro player was daring to get as assertive as the white man whose special province Organized Ball had been for nearly a hundred years."

    FanHouse Main Kevin Blackistone 2010

  • On Friday, Charles "Doby" Class was witnessed at the Pierson's Shopping Center stubbing his toe on sidewalks; checking out the sidewalk transitions all the way along southbound Central Avenue @ approximately 1: 06 pm.

    unknown title 2009

  • That was the life of Joseph "Doby" Foshee, who moved to Demopolis from Red Level in the spring of 1959 following the death of his father.

    The Demopolis Times 2008

  • That was the life of Joseph "Doby" Foshee, who moved to Demopolis from Red Level in the spring of 1959 following the death of his father.

    The Demopolis Times 2008

  • He didn't seek a role as representative of his race or embrace it in the manner of Jackie Robinson and Larry Doby Robinson's less famous counterpart, who integrated the American League.

    When It Was More Than a Game Doug Glanville 2011

  • Illustrator Kadir Nelson based his artwork for Williams' stamp on historic photos, as he has for the three previously named players also chosen to be honored with the stamps -- Joe DiMaggio, Larry Doby, and Willie Stargell.

    Baseball slugger Ted Williams to be honored with stamp Reuters 2011

  • Illustrator Kadir Nelson based his artwork for Williams' stamp on historic photos, as he has for the three previously named players also chosen to be honored with the stamps -- Joe DiMaggio, Larry Doby, and Willie Stargell.

    Baseball slugger Ted Williams to be honored with stamp Reuters 2011

  • After Jackie Robinson integrated baseball in 1947, more and more African-American fans of baseball turned their attention to Jackie and Larry Doby and the very slow integration of the Major Leagues.

    Female Baseball Legend Threw Ultimate Curveball 2010

  • None of this could have happened without men like Robinson, Doby and Flood—men who, because of the color of their skin, had to be better than the game they played.

    When It Was More Than a Game Doug Glanville 2011

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