Who Is This Man...(with the bat)

Hint: like myself, grew up in Richmond, CA.
Hint #2: like myself, went to El Cerrito High, El Cerrito, CA.
Hint #3: UNLIKE myself, he was the first African American to play for the Boston Red Sox- the last team in the majors to racially integrate.

catch the scoop by Scott Ostler, here:





http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/07/21/SPFP18RJNG.DTL

or at the Pumpsie link in our GOT TO BE THERE section