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History: Jackie Robinson played his only year in the Negro leagues with black baseball's most storied team. Pitching greats Satchel Paige and Hilton Smith were teammates. On April 16 Jackie had a tryout with the Boston Red Sox, along with fellow Negro leaguers Sam Jethroe and Marvin Williams.

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History: In 1953, the Indianapolis Clowns of the Negro American League were looking for a new second baseman to replace their previous second baseman, a teenager named Hank Aaron, who had just been signed by the Milwaukee Braves. Like other Negro League ballclubs, the Clowns were struggling after the 1947 signings of Jackie Robinson and Larry Doby to Major League clubs opened the door for all of the best black ballplayers to leave the Negro Leagues for better opportunities in the big leagues.

Ebbets Field Flannels Indianapolis Clowns 1953 Home Jersey

History: The 1962 Michigan Wolverines baseball team earned their second College World Series Championship in two tries when they defeated the Santa Clara Broncos by a score of 5-4 in a 15 inning thriller in the deciding game at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, Nebraska. Their first appearance in the 1953 CWS yielded a victory over the Texas Longhorns.