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The '''Negro League''' was a professional [[baseball]] league that [[Joshua Gibson]], the star player for the [[Pittsburgh Crawfords]], played in. [[The Doctor]] saw the Crawfords play many times. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Illegal Alien (novel)|Illegal Alien]]'') | The '''Negro League''' was a professional [[baseball]] league that [[Joshua Gibson]], the star player for the [[Pittsburgh Crawfords]], played in. [[The Doctor]] saw the Crawfords play many times. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Illegal Alien (novel)|Illegal Alien]]'') | ||
==Behind the scenes== | == Behind the scenes == | ||
"Negro leagues" collectively describes the professional baseball leagues of predominantly African-American players that played during [[Wikipedia:Major League Baseball|Major League Baseball's]] decades of unofficial [[racial segregation]]. The Pittsburgh Crawfords, referred to by the Doctor in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Illegal Alien (novel)|Illegal Alien]]'', played in the [[Wikipedia:Negro National League (1933–1948)|Negro National League]] during Gibson's tenure with them.<ref name="Gibson">{{cite web|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/history/mlb_negro_leagues_profile.jsp?player=gibson_josh|title=Gibson the best home run hitter in Negro Leagues|author=Tom Singer|website name=MLB.com|accessdate=8 March 2020|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20200308231439/http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/history/mlb_negro_leagues_profile.jsp?player=gibson_josh|archivedate=8 March 2020}}</ref> | "Negro leagues" collectively describes the professional baseball leagues of predominantly African-American players that played during [[Wikipedia:Major League Baseball|Major League Baseball's]] decades of unofficial [[racial segregation]]. The Pittsburgh Crawfords, referred to by the Doctor in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Illegal Alien (novel)|Illegal Alien]]'', played in the [[Wikipedia:Negro National League (1933–1948)|Negro National League]] during Gibson's tenure with them.<ref name="Gibson">{{cite web|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/history/mlb_negro_leagues_profile.jsp?player=gibson_josh|title=Gibson the best home run hitter in Negro Leagues|author=Tom Singer|website name=MLB.com|accessdate=8 March 2020|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20200308231439/http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/history/mlb_negro_leagues_profile.jsp?player=gibson_josh|archivedate=8 March 2020}}</ref> | ||
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The Negro League was a professional baseball league that Joshua Gibson, the star player for the Pittsburgh Crawfords, played in. The Doctor saw the Crawfords play many times. (PROSE: Illegal Alien)
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"Negro leagues" collectively describes the professional baseball leagues of predominantly African-American players that played during Major League Baseball's decades of unofficial racial segregation. The Pittsburgh Crawfords, referred to by the Doctor in PROSE: Illegal Alien, played in the Negro National League during Gibson's tenure with them.[1]
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- ↑ Tom Singer. Gibson the best home run hitter in Negro Leagues. MLB.com. Archived from the original on 8 March 2020. Retrieved on 8 March 2020.
