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Mexico broke the baseball color barrier years before the US

Are you a good actor?
That's totally fine and perfectly normal. But some people are such good actors that they have trouble staying themselves.

The Spaniard, Rafael Nadal, just won The French Open for men, his 3rd in a row and 12th overall, tennis championship done on clay in dominant fashion, only losing one set, the second, after a tiebreaker 7 - 5 and winning the last 2, both 6-1.
The win puts him well ahead of Max Decugis, who between 1903 to 1914 had 8 French championships, all before the open format, for the most in history.
Besides those 2 men, only 9 other men in history have won that championship more than twice.

Here's to you Raf

How one tweet can ruin your life

Black Lives Matter activist wants you to boycott the NFL? The same group that it's funded by George Soros and He has appointed three lesbians as being the head of that organization. The commissioner took home $35 million last year. The NFL has saved about $10 million per year because of the exemption, Trust and believe, that you won't make a dent in their finances. Corporate sponsors will keep endorsing the sport. The TV ratings will still increase, The stadium attendances will increase. the taxpayers will still cover their bill, whether we like it or not.

Today in August 13th 1949 With the fall of the color line, "Satchel Paige" finally made it to big leagues with the Cleveland Indians,best pitcher ever to grace the game (He won the triple crown in 32', 33', 34', and 36). Negro Leagues 1926-1947 It is estimated that Paige pitched 2,600 games, 300 shutouts and 55 no-hitters.He also play for American teams in the minor, major and Negro leagues.He play for baseball teams in places like Cuba, Mexico, Puerto Rico and Canada and he joined A Dominican Republic Team “Los Dragones,” a team owned by Rafael Trujillo. It’s pretty incredible that Paige pitched a shutout in over 15% of the games he started,Paige did not commit a single error in 179 major league games. He made up names for his pitches,only a brother can add a cool factor to the game.He seems to be a great man who loved to play and enjoy the game.He had to deal with the racial injustice on this stolen land.