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Garden State Diamonds in Baseball Hall of Fame
Paterson's Larry Doby made sports history
when he became the first Afro-American player to sign and play in the American League. He put on the uniform of
the Cleveland Indians on July 5, 1947, just 11 weeks after Jackie Robinson first appeared with the Dodgers.
Bill Hamilton, hailing from
Newark, is a member of the Hall of Fame who played in the 19th Century while Salem's Goose Goslin and Carteret's
Joe Medwick are the other native-born
Garden Staters in the Hall of the Fame.
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Impact of Negro Baseball Leagues in the Garden State
Sports In The Garden State™ will publish a series of articles
on the impact of Negro Baseball Leagues in the State of New Jersey during the first half of the 20th Century. The
Atlantic City Surf won the inaugural Atlantic League championship in 1998 and play Sandcastle Stadium but Atlantic
City's first pro team originated in Jacksonville, Florida as the Duval Giants. They moved to the Jersey Shore in
1916 and changed their name to the Bacharach Giants in honor of Atlantic City Mayor Harry Bacharach. A pair of
black Atlantic City politicians, Tom Jackson and Henry Tucker, were responsible for moving and financing the team.
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