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===Branch Rickey=== In 1945, [[Branch Rickey]], general manager of the [[Brooklyn Dodgers]], was anticipating the integration of black players into Major League Baseball. Rickey, along with [[Gus Greenlee]] who was the owner of the original [[Pittsburgh Crawfords]], created the [[United States League]] (USL) as a method to scout black players specifically to break the color line. It is unclear if the league actually played the 1945 season or if it was only used as a pretense for integration.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia | title=Branch Rickey | url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Branch-Rickey | encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Britannica | access-date=November 17, 2019}}</ref>
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