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- A man’s place in baseball history >>
- A great catcher, pitcher and manager >>
- A larger-than-life personality >>
- A big role in 1930s integrated baseball >>
Two images of Double Duty Radcliffe six decades apart on either side of 35th Street. At top, star catcher Radcliffe tags fellow Negro League luminary Josh Gibson during the East-West All-Star Game at old Comiskey Park. At bottom, Radcliffe, now a celebrity around his 100th birthday, greets White Sox pitcher Mark Buehrle, one of Double Duty’s favorites, at U.S. Cellular Field.