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I never cared much for Robinson when I was a kid. It didn't have anything to do with the color of his skin though, it was just when he played against my St. Louis Cardinals and did things to beat them that bothered me.
1 posted on 04/09/2013 2:43:53 PM PDT by Graybeard58
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Jackie Robinson and Branch Rickey: Little-Known Facts About Their Devout Methodism & Political Conservatism.
2 posted on 04/09/2013 3:03:52 PM PDT by re_nortex
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As one who saw Robinson play in person at Ebbets Field and on the tube in the final years of his career, I'm looking forward to the film. Unfortunately, the Robinson I saw was not quite the player I was told he had been in his earlier years, being slowed by a weight problem and leg injuries. Still, he was the best I've ever seen as a baserunner eluding a trap between bases.

BTW, I believe that yesterday was the 100th anniversary of the first National League game ever played at Ebbets Field.

3 posted on 04/09/2013 3:04:08 PM PDT by justiceseeker93
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Why on earth would I want to sit in a theater for two hours to be lectured on how evil white people are? No thanks.


5 posted on 04/09/2013 5:07:56 PM PDT by GOP_Party_Animal
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