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# Here's a little local baseball history
- URL: https://www.dailydetroit.com/heres-a-little-local-baseball-history/
- Published: 2025-02-24T20:42:05.000Z
- Updated: 2025-02-25T01:00:03.000Z
- Author: Luciano Marcon
- Tags: Arts and Entertainment, PBS, Quick Post

A simple hug helped break down the color barrier in baseball, and the story has a big local angle.

[One Detroit did a segment](https://www.detroitpbs.org/news-media/one-detroit/1948-world-series-hug-photo-a-symbol-against-racism-nearly-80-years-later/?ref=dailydetroit.com) about Steve Gromek of Hamtramck, and Larry Doby, the second African American in the MLB, and how their moment together sent shockwaves through not only Detroit — but much of the country.

Our podcast co-host Fletcher Sharpe was part of the piece, too. Have a watch.