The AP short published in the New York Times on September 2, 1951 regarding the latest White Sox transaction was brief: The White Sox today recalled Bob Boyd, 25-year-old Negro first baseman, from Sacramento of the Pacific Coast League. A left-handed batter and thrower, Boyd currently is the second leading hitter in the P.C.L. with a mark of .339 and leads in stolen bases with thirty-seven. Boyd will report to the White Sox tomorrow when they arrive in Cleveland to open a three-game series. The significance of the move, of course, isn’t mentioned in the above blurb: Bob Boyd was…
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