Former Dodgers Recruit, Black Yankees Backstop And Florida Baseball Legend Dies At 88

Former Dodgers Recruit, Black Yankees Backstop And Florida Baseball Legend Dies At 88. The Los Angeles Dodgers got an update on a former spring training invitee who played in the Negro Leagues shortly after integration.
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