Ozzie Virgil Sr. was first Dominican Republic-born player in

Nine years after Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball, the Dominican Republic saw one of its own not only make history, but set an entire nation on a path to changing the landscape of baseball forever.
On Sept. 23, 1956, Osvaldo Virgil Sr., or Ozzie Virgil,

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