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On June 1, 1946, African American professional baseball debuts in Seattle. The Seattle Steelheads split a double header against the San Diego Tigers as part of the new West Coast Negro Baseball League. The game was delayed half an hour because the Seattle team's bus broke down in Salem, Oregon. The players took taxicabs to Seattle. To gain local support they changed their name to the Seattle Steelhead, after the salmon runs. The "Steelies" were made up of players from Abe Saperstein's Harlem Globetrotters baseball team. Saperstein was the president of the new league.
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