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.

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.

and wish I could have seen him play.

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.

Couldn’t find a DLD…

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=gallo/090414&sportCat=mlb

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.

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.

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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.

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

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.

Landon Powell at first! Brett on the mound! A chance for a sweep! Let’s go A’s!

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!

make ’em pay with a sweep!

That MLB spot was great.
Go A’s!

3 IP, 5H, 4 BB, 4ER and 8K’s. 92 pitches, lifted from the game.

Wow, what a line.