Honoring Jackie Robinson
Image and article from MLB.com today
When players and fans gather at 15 Major League ballparks today, with every uniform on the field bearing the same No. 42 and ceremonies at new Citi Field leading the annual celebration of one of America's true heroes, the message will be said without a word:
All of our lives have been touched by Jackie Robinson.
Sixty-two years ago, Jackie Robinson crossed the color barrier and changed baseball forever. There may be only one of us on AN who remembers the actual moment, but the rest of us just live with the legacy. I can't remember a time when I didn't know this story; this man, and how baseball changed at that moment, for good.
Much has been written about this event, and baseball is going to celebrate in style today; highlighted with the Mets' official opening of Citi Field, and continuing at ballparks around the country.
This cannot be celebrated enough, and I hope this generation passes Jackie's legacy on to the next generation of baseball fans.
Thoughts? Stories?
The A's try for the sweep against Boston today at 12:30pm. There will be game threads avaliable for your posting pleasure.
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I had the Cubs/Brewers game on Sunday night
Joe Morgan actually said something I liked.
At one point when he was playing, he had the chance to meet Jackie Robinson and he told how he’d been thinking so much about what he wanted to ask him but when the moment came he froze up and couldn’t come up with a question. In the end he just said, “Thank you,” which made Robinson smile.
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by Flashfire on Apr 15, 2009 8:03 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I thank Jackie too.
It's not the results, it's how you look going about those results -- Tim McCarver
by WaddellCanseco on Apr 15, 2009 8:48 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I really loved that story.
"If I was any more warm and fuzzy I’d be lint." -grover
by baseballgirl on Apr 15, 2009 10:06 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
not just baseball
with robinson acting as a catlyst, intergration spread to other sports shortly thereafter, namely basketball (college and pro). social change sometimes just needs a spark, and the courage it must have taken to make that spark is why we honor his legacy.
i was wrong to do that stuff
by jaylikewise on Apr 15, 2009 9:00 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
And not just sports -- racism just isn't cool anymore.
(feel free to flag for political content)
It's not the results, it's how you look going about those results -- Tim McCarver
by WaddellCanseco on Apr 15, 2009 9:22 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
unless you're vice magazine
in which case it’s cool because it isn’t.
i was wrong to do that stuff
by jaylikewise on Apr 15, 2009 9:49 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I ♥ Jackie
and wish I could have seen him play.
The artist formerly known as HigherPie.
by vegAN ryAN on Apr 15, 2009 9:01 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Jackie was Baseball's finest moment
We should remember two other key people: Branch Rickey for choosing the right man for the extremely difficult task, and Pee Wee Reese for standing beside him.
by Miata71 on Apr 15, 2009 9:47 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Absolutely.
"If I was any more warm and fuzzy I’d be lint." -grover
by baseballgirl on Apr 15, 2009 10:06 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He was also damn good player.
.311/.404/.474 career stats as a 2nd baseman.
by eastbayexpat on Apr 15, 2009 10:18 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Honoring Jason Giambi's Fitness Regimen
Couldn’t find a DLD…
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=gallo/090414&sportCat=mlb
If Ziegler blows a save... I'll flag his next post.
by gdub171 on Apr 15, 2009 10:21 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
ugggh
Giambino is not an athlete, he’s a baseball player
If Ziegler blows a save... I'll flag his next post.
by gdub171 on Apr 15, 2009 10:22 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
wow
according to Howard Bryant, Derek Jeter is the only major leaguer who has donated money to the Jackie Robinson Foundation.
NY on his hat notwithstanding, it’s really hard to not like Jeter.
I'm starting to like our bullpen......Wuertz and all.
by scatterbrian on Apr 15, 2009 10:27 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Agreed.
I may dislike the Yankees, but Jeter is a class act in every way.
"If I was any more warm and fuzzy I’d be lint." -grover
by baseballgirl on Apr 15, 2009 11:11 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Just like...
…all those times “Captain” Jeter came to ARod’s defense, the way any “Team Captain” would do.
Oh wait……
by rageon on Apr 15, 2009 11:35 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Or moved to third base so his team could have the best possible infield alignment?
"There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want" -Bill Watterson
by nevermoor on Apr 15, 2009 11:36 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That wasn't his choice. I think that was all Yankees.
"If I was any more warm and fuzzy I’d be lint." -grover
by baseballgirl on Apr 15, 2009 11:47 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
meh
I guess that depends on whether or not you think Rodriguez’s actions were defensible.
I'm starting to like our bullpen......Wuertz and all.
by scatterbrian on Apr 15, 2009 12:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I feel like
Larry Doby should get some lovin’ every once in a while.
by Emmett89 on Apr 15, 2009 10:46 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Larry Doby
Doby, the first african-american to play in the AL, debuted less than 90 days after Robinson. MLB gives him little recognition. The AL should give him a day every July to honor him for the trials and tribulations he went through, which were the same as Jackie’s.

It may be a stretch to say that Larry Doby is ‘forgotten in time’, but is certainly no stretch to say that he has not been given credit that he deserves. Doby was the second man to break baseball’s color barrier and the first in the American League. He broke into the major leagues a mere 11 weeks after Jackie Robinson, yet his name is rarely mentioned when discussing baseball’s pioneers. Not only was Doby baseball’s second black player, but he was also became the second black manager in 1978 when he took over the Chicago White Sox.
"just a beating heart ... plasma that we'll put into our uniform." - Billy Beane
by athleticsBB4life on Apr 15, 2009 11:09 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Thanks for that!
"If I was any more warm and fuzzy I’d be lint." -grover
by baseballgirl on Apr 15, 2009 11:10 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
my pleasure...
Doby lived the majority of his life in my home state of NJ. The NJ State Legislature honored him right before he passed away by naming a major road after him. I think he deserves much more than that!
"just a beating heart ... plasma that we'll put into our uniform." - Billy Beane
by athleticsBB4life on Apr 15, 2009 11:18 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I thought they already did?
"To this day and dating back 25 years, before every game he plays, Henderson stands completely naked in front of a full length locker room mirror and says, "Ricky’s the best," for several minutes."
by VORP is too nerdy on Apr 15, 2009 1:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
While honoring Jackie Robinson is great
And I like the number retired thing, and much of what goes on, I agree with this: http://myespn.go.com/blogs/sweetspot/0-1-49/MLB-annexes-Jackie-Robinson.html
"There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want" -Bill Watterson
by nevermoor on Apr 15, 2009 11:35 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Yep, there's truth in that
MLB raising Jackie to sainthood level gives baseball cover to act as if everything is great. But thanks to baseballgirl and athleticsBB4life for their reminders about what Jackie and Larry Doby brought to the game. Peace.
by worldblee on Apr 15, 2009 11:52 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Off topic
Anybody have any tickets to the A’s at Mariners game on 5/2 they would like to sell? I’d rather deal with an ANer than a ticket outlet. AND Jackie and Larry were heroes in how they dealt with so much criticism and blatant hatred without reacting. Incredilbe.
"I'm not bad, I'm just drawn that way." -Jessica Rabbit
by A'sfansince1970 on Apr 15, 2009 12:09 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I needs me a game thread
Landon Powell at first! Brett on the mound! A chance for a sweep! Let’s go A’s!
by worldblee on Apr 15, 2009 12:17 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Hi all!
What’s the scoop? Sometimes I post a question or comment and get no response. I’m feeling ignored. Did I do something to offend AN? If so, let me know so I can clear the air. Thanks!
"I'm not bad, I'm just drawn that way." -Jessica Rabbit
by A'sfansince1970 on Apr 15, 2009 12:21 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Not every comment and question gets responded to....
Maybe no one has tickets to a game in Seattle, so they didn’t feel the need to respond to say such. Do you want us to respond and tell you we don’t have tickets?
There's no crying in baseball!
by gigglingone on Apr 15, 2009 3:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
weren't the red sox the final team to integrate?
make ’em pay with a sweep!
by inbillywetrust on Apr 15, 2009 12:25 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Thank you, Jackie Robinson
That MLB spot was great.
Go A’s!
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by LongTimeFan on Apr 15, 2009 12:28 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
rich harden
3 IP, 5H, 4 BB, 4ER and 8K’s. 92 pitches, lifted from the game.
Wow, what a line.
by inbillywetrust on Apr 15, 2009 12:37 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
He's
apparently hittable, but then he strikes out 8 in 3 innings.
"To this day and dating back 25 years, before every game he plays, Henderson stands completely naked in front of a full length locker room mirror and says, "Ricky’s the best," for several minutes."
by VORP is too nerdy on Apr 15, 2009 1:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

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