Osvaldo "Ozzie" Virgil Sr., the first Dominican-born player to appear in a Major League Baseball game, has died, MLB announced Sunday. He was 92. Virgil was born in Monte Cristi, Dominican Republic, ...
An outstanding fielder though never an All-Star, he broke that barrier with the Giants in 1956 and later became the Tigers’ first Black player. By Richard Goldstein Ozzie Virgil Sr., who became the ...
Roman marble relief from 140-150 C.E., showing the Trojan Aeneas and his son Ascanius landing on the shores of Italy. The sow is telling him to found the city of Rome. Credit: iStock “I will be the ...