His name is Roy Campanella. Campanella’s journey to Cooperstown began in high school. The baseball coach held tryouts and told the prospective players to run to the position they wanted to play.

Former Major League Baseball pitcher and World War II veteran Art Shallock has died in Sonoma, California, his family ...

Color didn't bother me." Instead, he became friends with Robinson and later Roy Campanella, who joined the Dodgers in 1948. After retiring, he went on to work in a Ford glass plant and leaves ...