Pitt Law professor's book gives Doby his due

Larry Doby: July 5, 1947 is not as well remembered as April 15 of that year, but it is as significant.Throughout his boyhood on an Ohio farm, Doug Branson consumed baseball through the radio, which transmitted the blissful sounds of the Cleveland Indians winning the 1948 World Series, something no farm boy, space girl, or other life form has ever heard or seen through any medium since.

He still checks the American League standings, Professor Douglas M. Branson does in his office in the University of Pittsburgh’s law library, reveling in his beloved Tribe’s extended stay in first place this summer, now stretching past 60 days. Naturally, Branson’s life has long since evolved toward more…