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a g in g s c ra p p y s p a rk p lu g s o r e r s tw h ile
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s o u th p a w s h u s k v fir e b a lle r s c r a f t y ly n c h p m s
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M o n th I am re m in d e d th a t it was fo r ty sia y e a rs
ago th a t Jackie R o b in so n re m in d e d the A m e ric a n
p u b lic th a t th e re w e re a fte r a ll c itiz e n s o f c o lo r
in th e c o m m u n ity o f states He s u ffe re d and
e n d u re d w ith m o n u m e n ta l s a c r ific e and
r e s tr a in t
In th e y e a rs a fte r R obinson s c ra s h in g th e
m o n o lith a s tra n g e t h in g h a p p e n e d The
c o n s e r v a tiv e sp o rts press th e Baseball W r ite r s
o f A m e ric a A s s o c ia tio n w e n t h o ly mad dog
f r o t h i n g sane a nd re a liz e d th a t th e h e re to fo re
b la c k b a lle d ta le n t w h ic h th e y w e re now g iv e n
lic e n s e to r e p o r t was s o m e th in g sp e cia l
T he m a io r a w a rd s f o r th is tw e n ty y e a r p e rio d
V b i l a F o lk s
M VP s 25
R ookies 25
Cy Y o u n g 12
B la c k s
M V P s 17
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T h e re was a tw e n ty y e a r span betw een Jac k ic
R obinson in 47 an d Jackson s ro o k ie y e a r in 67
Not m uch tim e c o n s id e rin g th e tim e betw een the
E m a n c ip a tio n P ro c la m a tio n o f 156 3 and th e C iv il
R ig h ts Act o f 1964
The p o in t is most b a ll p la y e rs o f th e tim e w ere
s o u th e rn a g r a r ia n fa rm boys and th e y rea cte d to
th e b la c k in tr u s io n fo r th e most p a rt v ic io u s ly
L ife was n o t easy p a r tic u la r ly on th e road fo r
th e b la c k p la y e rs T h e y ale and sle p t m th e
c o lo re d p a rts o f to w n s w ith lit t le s u p p o rt fro m
e ith e r t h e ir team m ates o r th e f r o n t o ffic e The
Y ankees s ig n e d t h e ir f ir s t hlac k p la y e r in 1955 a
m ere tw e lv e y e a rs b e fo re Jac kson s ro o k ie
season tw e n ty tw o b e fo re he lo in e d th e Y ankees
I f y o u f i r m l y b e lie v e th a t is lim e e n o u g h to
e ip u n g c tw o c e n tu rie s o f in n a te p re iu d ic e I
r e f e r you to M a rg e S c h o tt c o O hio Depl ol
H um an R esources C in c in n a ti
Eor a ll h is a n n o y in g o u tb u rs t ta n tr u m s and
fit s of p iq u e I am now c o n v in c e d R eggie Jac kson
was iu s t d e fe n d in g h im s e lf m a w ay an u p p e r
le f t w h ile dude lik e me c o u ld n t u n d e rs ta n d at
th e tim e Baseball t o t h is d a v is a r a c ia l
a b o m in a tio n M u b a m m e d H i ip '.ii c ' o r
s y m p a th y R eggie som etim es |u s l c o u ld n t make
it w o rk T h a t fa n s is n o t h is p ro b le m
At th is p o in t m y f i r s t t a i l says I m supposed
to w r ite A ll th is said I s t i l l don I lik e Jackson as
a p la y e r
S h u c k s I iu s l can l do it I s till hate
h is defense m ore th a n e a ra c h e s h is s trik e o u ts
a re hideous
b u t h is o ffe n s e n u m b e rs
c o n v in c e d me p a r t ic u la r ly h is post season stats
E ia m p le 7 A 755 s lu g g in g a v e ra g e G e h rig 731
R uth 744 He was an i r r i t a n t a nd a one
d im e n s io n a l p la y e r fo r most o f h is c a re e r but he
made e v e ry team he p la y e d f o r n o t iust a bn
b e lte r b u t a g re a t deal b e tte r and th a t is w h y
he s g o in g in to th e H a ll o f Tame
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g a m e Wc w ere in a h o t race w ith th e
s tin k m Cubs and had a hu g e gam e in
late S eptem be r w ith cm at th e Polo
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n in t h tie d Wc get r u n n e r s on f i r s t &
t h ir d tw o out and a base h it scores th e
m an on t h ir d W ell I m on second th e
c ro w s p o u rs o n to th e fie ld I m g e ttin g
shoved a ro u n d an I say T he h e ll w ith
th is and la k e o ff to th e c lu b h o u s e
w ith o u t s te p p in g on second J o h n n y
fv e r s th e lit t le tw e r p c a lls f o r th e b a ll
and fo rc e s me a l s e c o n d R un doesn I
c o u n t Wc can t f in is h th e gam e cause
o l th e c ro w d h a lla p la y a o ne game
p la y o ff we lose Cubs w in Ah Gawd
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up I can l m ove and th e s k ip puts me m
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Jack I had a c a re e r w o r k m f o r m e
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h o m e rs and s e v e n ty o n e RBI s So I
said Hey c u t m v s a la ry
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g o n n a b u ild u p some good i.h a r m a
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