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Neal Rubin: Jim McFarlin on Jake Wood and Baseball's Color Barrier

Wednesday July 25, 2012

Guest Host Neal Rubin speaks with Writer and TV Critic Jim McFarlin about a recent article he wrote for Hour Detroit about former Detroit Tiger's Second Baseman Jake Wood. In 1961, Wood became the first African-American to play for the Tigers, a full 14 years after Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier.

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