The World Series is officially underway. The two teams who have the honor of playing for the title of World Champions are the Cleveland Indians and the Chicago Cubs. This is a monumental moment for the Cubs, as they haven’t won the World Series in 108 years. The even bigger news for the team, however, is about one player in particular who made history once again for black baseball players.
In 1947, Jackie Robinson integrated baseball. Two years before his integration, the Cubs made an appearance at the World Series. During the 1945 World Series, there were of course no black players on the team. But this week, Dexter Fowler became the first black player to represent the Cubs in the World Series. Fowler didn’t even know he was a history maker until he and his teammates looked on Twitter to find fans congratulating him.
Wow… speechless. Thanks for sharing this fact. I will carry it with me https://t.co/OkcHe5sx15
— Dexter Fowler (@DexterFowler) October 23, 2016
Learning that you are a pioneer is enough to make anyone thankful for those who came before and those who will carry the torch after. “That’s crazy,” Fowler said during World Series media day on Monday. “It’s crazy to even think about that, because you look back and you look at your parents, my parents weren’t even alive then. It’s a lifetime. It’s awesome to be the pioneer, the first one.”
The Chicago Cubs might not have won game one last night, but Fowler is the champion in this historical moment.
