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Tacoma man's history-making 1961 season marred with racism, prejudice and hate
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Buried in a Tacoma man's basement are baseball memories he sometimes wants to bury completely.
On one hand, they are historic. On another, catastrophic.
"Those are some things you don't forget," Aaron Pointer said.
At 80 years old, Pointer is living perhaps better than he was at 20 years old.
"I was the only Black player playing on the team in Salisbury [North Carolina], which was absolutely terrible," Pointer said.
Read more: https://www.king5.com/article/sports/tacoma-baseball-player-aaron-pointer-1961-season/281-27c5de5e-f8b9-44f3-845b-608248fbe46e