“Who was to know back then he was recording major league baseball’s introduction of Latinos and minorities into the limelight.”
Latin American Legacy
Roberto Salas, son of Osvaldo
The success of his early worked earned him press passes to all the baseball stadiums. Salas’s son Roberto recalls helping his father with “his camera, plates and those heavy bags. “ The two shared the dugout with “those great names of that time – Mantle, Robinson and Campanella – and the Latin newspapermen and sportswriters.
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1977
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