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In 1947, major league football experienced its first measure of integration when the Brooklyn Dodgers brought Jackie Robinson to the Country wide Group. While Robinson's discovery exposed the gates of chance for African People in america and other minority players, the process of integration proven slow and unequal. It was not before 1960s a couple of major league clubs started to boast lots of Dark colored and Latino players. But the 1971 World Championship team enjoyed a complete and complete degree of integration, with half its 25-man roster comprised of players of DARK-COLORED and Latino descent. That team was the Pittsburgh Pirates, managed by an old-time Irishman. In The Team That Changed Baseball: Roberto Clemente and the 1971 Pittsburgh Pirates, veteran baseball writer Bruce Markusen explains to the story of 1 of the very most likable and significant clubs in the annals of professional sports. In addition to the reality they fielded the first all-minority lineup in major league record, the 1971 Pirates are noteworthy for the team's uplifting individual performances, including those of future Hall of Famers Roberto Clemente, Willie Stargell, and Invoice Mazeroski, and their impressive World Series win over the intensely preferred Baltimore Orioles. But perhaps their very best legacy is the team's influence on the continuing future of baseball, uplifting later championship clubs such as the New York Yankees and Oakland Athletics to open their doors fully to all accomplished players, regardless of race, particularly in the new period of free company.
