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Texas Standard for Feb. 25, 2026: The athlete who broke the color barrier in Texas baseball
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Texas Standard for Feb. 25, 2026: The athlete who broke the color barrier in Texas baseball
Back in April of 1951, John Walker Wingate made Texas history in Lamesa, a city an hour south of Lubbock. It started when a now-defunct minor league team, the Lamesa Lobos, opened their season against a team from Albuquerque. In the bottom of the ninth inning, Wingate was sent in to pinch-hit — and in so doing, he broke the color barrier in Texas baseball.
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