Baseball at War

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Across
  1. 1. coach that was very willing to help jackie be one of the first african Americans to play in the mlb
  2. 4. overcome year of mediocrity
  3. 8. was used to determind the one game AL pennant playoff
  4. 9. signed to dogers and was the first african American player
  5. 12. won NL MVP in 1946
  6. 15. some of jackies future teammates mades this so they didn’t have to play with jackie
  7. 16. last of the original eight fanchises to win its first pennant
  8. 18. retired 1947 yankees pitcher with the highest winning percentage
  9. 19. the 1942 season proceeded without any drastic effects from this
Down
  1. 2. bringing african Americans into baseball breaks this
  2. 3. the kid,20 year old with a batting average of .327, second to babe ruth
  3. 5. one of jackies baseball teams
  4. 6. the streak, yanks player with a 56 game hitting streak in 1941
  5. 7. was another african American who had to eat on the bus with jackie
  6. 10. moved to Pittsburgh after saying he did not want to play with jackie
  7. 11. Led the lowly browns to the fanchises sole American League pennant
  8. 13. 1942 lost multiple players to the war
  9. 14. founded by chicagoan william shulbert in 1876
  10. 17. wins 1948 AL MVP award