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Re: [bomp] Vic Power R.I.P.




 > dolph luque
>
>  >The first Latino ballplayer in the majors. "The Pride of Havana" began 
> his career with the Boston Braves in 1914 - a long time before Vic 
> Power.....):

But not the first...a Cuban named Esteban Bellan played in the National 
Association, the forerunner of the National League, in 1871-73.  Luis 
Castro, from Colombia, played in 1902.  Half-black Cuban outfielder Armando 
Marsans played from 1911-18, and another Cuban, Rafael Almeida, played from 
1911-13.  And there may have been others.  Which makes it all the more 
ridiculous to call Vic Power one of the first...

Joey

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