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By Associated PressIn Lifestyle, SportsPosted July 18, 2019

Photo of Elijah "Pumpsie" Green in 2009

BOSTON — Former Boston Red Sox infielder Elijah "Pumpsie" Green, the first black player on the last major league team to field one, has died. He was 85. The Red Sox said Green, who lived in California most of his life, died Wednesday at in a hospital in San Leandro,...