“This was an opportunity to be a little more empowered and have a bigger impact on the club and the direction and really get involved in every area,” Bannister said.
Minnie Minoso broke the color barrier in Chicago baseball when he debuted with the White Sox in 1951, hitting a home run in his first at-bat. He also blazed a trail as the first star ballplayer from Cuba.
Thirty-two years after the release of Field of Dreams, a baseball field in the middle of an Iowa cornfield played host to its first ever Major League game.