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CHICAGO (AP) — Friends and family paid tribute Saturday to White Sox great Minnie Minoso at a funeral in Chicago, recalling the strength that enabled baseball’s first black Latino star to smile through the hurt of racial taunts as well as his genuine love for his fans. In a message read out to the crowd, […]

  Minnie Minoso, Chicago’s first Major League Baseball’s star died last Sunday at the age of 90. A native of Cuba, Minoso was also the MLB’s first Latino star, paving the way for other Black-Latino greats such as Roberto Clemente, Juan Marichal, David Ortiz, and Pedro Martinez. Saturnino Orestes Armas Miñoso Arrieta was born November […]