Doby's trailblazing legacy honored with Congressional Gold Medal

2:00 AM UTC Anthony Castrovince WASHINGTON -- On what would have been his 100th birthday, Larry Doby finally got his due. Doby, the oft-overlooked baseball pioneer who integrated the American League with the 1947 Cleveland Indians and served his country during World War II, was posthumously honored with the Congressional Gold Medal in a ceremony

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