Pumpsie Green
Pumpsie Green was the first black player in Red Sox history joining the team in 1959. He threw out the first pitch tonight at Fenway and was in the booth with Don and Jerry for the home half of the fourth inning.I've known about Pumpsie as far back as I can remember (that's how long I've been a baseball fan) but I've never seen him before or heard him speak. He talks a little slow but his recall from his playing days was great.
That it took the Red Sox 12 years longer to break the color barrier then the rest of the sport is a bad blemish on the Sox history but that is the past.
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