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Posted By: Chad

A lot of people consider him to be a light skinned black and it's been argued that his ML career, despite his strong performance in brief trials with the Senators, never took off because people were skeptical of his whiteness. Also, a lot of people suspected Babe Ruth of being black, founded or not. He was often called the N word on the road and black fans, especially in D.C., considered him their "secret brother" in the big leagues. And of course, all of this just goes to show how silly our ideas of "race" are.

--Chad