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  1.                                  Andrew ΓÇ£Rube" Foster is 
  2.                                  often called "The Father of 
  3.                                  Black Baseball." Yet 
  4.                                  people forget that he was 
  5.                                  an outstanding pitcher 
  6. before he became a brilliant manager, and 
  7. then founder and president of the first major 
  8. black league in baseball.
  9.  
  10. In 1902, the 6' 4" tall, 225-pound righthander 
  11. may have been the best pitcher in the country, 
  12. white or black. Unfortunately, he was not 
  13. allowed to play in the major leagues because 
  14. he was African-American. Instead, he pitched 
  15. the Cuban X-Giants to the African-American 
  16. championship, as the winning pitcher in
  17. four of the teamΓÇÖs victories over the
  18. Philadelphia Giants in the Black World 
  19. Series.
  20.