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There it was, it's almost too unbelievable to be real: A five-foot, 12-year-old child standing in against a six-foot, 24-year-old man named Curtis White. But nobody, not Joe, not Adams, not anybody associated with that first part of the story, would ever believe that two years later, Reliford would do something that put him in the National Baseball Hall of Fame. .bZhBFV img{max-width:220px;}/*!sc*/ YOU. data-styled.g157[id="newsletterOptinstyle__Title-sc-d7sh2p-2"]{content:"ihHuHi,"}/*!sc*/ It was expanded in 1949 to honor the best rookie in each of the American and National Leagues. Melsdebut was April 27, 1926. However, Hornsby was a forerunner to the youngest talent that graced the sport, and proved that it was possible to field young players in the absence of seniors. There have since been many local stories chronicling Reliford's feat and Sports Illustrated did a big profile in 1990. However, his career did not wane upon his return. "I've heard the story so many times, I remember everything," Gwendolyn Reliford tells me from her home in Douglas, Ga. (Joe, sadly, had a stroke and was unavailable for an interview. He was actually a pretty good ballplayer, even though he was small. [type="number"]::-webkit-inner-spin-button,[type="number"]::-webkit-outer-spin-button{height:auto;}/*!sc*/ @font-face{font-family:'proxima-nova';src:url('https://www.mlbstatic.com/mlb.com/fonts/proxima-nova-semibold.woff2') format('woff2'),url('https://www.mlbstatic.com/mlb.com/fonts/proxima-nova-semibold.woff') format('woff');font-weight:600;font-style:normal;font-display:fallback;}/*!sc*/ .mHQYb header.mlb-header .header__nav-top__logo--mlb{-webkit-box-flex:99;-webkit-flex-grow:99;-ms-flex-positive:99;flex-grow:99;padding-right:0;padding-left:28px;}/*!sc*/ data-styled.g21[id="imagestyle__Img-sc-xw1tzz-1"]{content:"ebrWqN,iQELft,"}/*!sc*/ photo source: Wikimedia Commons. The crowd was on edge, happy they got what they wanted and excited for whatever might happen next. @media (min-width:768px){.mHQYb header.mlb-header .header__nav-top__secondary-logos{-webkit-flex-basis:75%;-ms-flex-preferred-size:75%;flex-basis:75%;}}/*!sc*/ For the boy who grew up watching Satchel Paige barnstorm through Georgia and remembered Josh Gibson getting at-bats in local Negro League games, warming up with pro players -- pro white players -- seemed unimaginable. article ul,article ol{padding:0;margin:0 0 0 2.5rem;}/*!sc*/ Bookmark Quiz Bookmark Quiz Bookmark. 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Born in Esperanza in the Dominican Republic, Dominguez is a switch-hitting center fielder for the New York Yankees Organization. @media screen and (min-width:1024px){.mHQYb header.mlb-header[data-is-club],.mHQYb header.mlb-header[data-is-microsite]{background-image:linear-gradient( #002D72 50%, #041E42 50% );}}/*!sc*/ .dLQAwR a{color:#057AFF;}/*!sc*/ All those white folks were coming toward me and I thought they were doing it because I caught the ball. .blUWSx .share-button__link--message{position:absolute;display:-webkit-box;display:-webkit-flex;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;-webkit-box-pack:center;-webkit-justify-content:center;-ms-flex-pack:center;justify-content:center;-webkit-align-items:center;-webkit-box-align:center;-ms-flex-align:center;align-items:center;height:100%;left:-105px;bottom:2px;padding:0 5px;border-radius:5px;background:#041E42;color:#ffffff;font-family:"proxima-nova","open Sans","Helvetica","Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12px;}/*!sc*/ Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. .mHQYb header.mlb-header .header__subnav__item,.mHQYb header.mlb-header .header__subnav__group-title{display:block;padding:10px;width:100%;-webkit-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid;word-wrap:break-word;word-break:break-word;}/*!sc*/ That's where he and his friends would play their own baseball games while they watched the pros practicing below. 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