Red Sox racism dates back to Jackie Robinson’s 1945 tryout

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Baltimore Orioles centerfield Adam Jones is in good company when it comes to players hearing racial taunts in Boston’s fabled Fenway Park.

That includes Jackie Robinson, the Dodger great and first black in major league baseball, who tried out for the Red Sox on April 16, 1945.

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