Howard Bryant

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010
Boston fans have long blamed The Red Sox failure to win the World Series on "the curse of the bambino", but sports journalist Howard Bryant traces it to their reluctance to integrate the team and sign contracts with Hall-of-Famers Jackie Robinson and Willie Mays. He explores the history of racism in Boston baseball, Shut Out: A Story of Race and Baseball in Boston.

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