Comments on: Jackie Robinson Can’t be Honored Enough

By: steven

steven — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 03:44:44 +0000

So well said! Good work.

By: Mark Marchand

Mark Marchand — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 21:13:09 +0000

As a fan of baseball and a student of baseball’s rich history, I have a deep appreciation for Jackie Robinson and the ground he broke when he began playing in MLB in 1947. Nice post, Kevin.

By: Lauren

Lauren — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 17:25:22 +0000

Awesome post. I love baseball, and I find it so hard to even imagine what life was like just 60 years ago being a person of color playing the game. It literally blows my mind, that people can be so nasty and treat other human being so horrbily based on skin tone.

Jackie had shown that it truly doesn’t matter what color you are, people are always human and talents comes in all colors, backgrounds…

I liked Chuck Miller’s comment in #3 that tells about more minority people that are probably much lesser known than Jackie Robinson and still deserve some shout outs.
Great, great post!

By: SaratogaZ

SaratogaZ — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 01:22:10 +0000

Great post and comments!

By: Gman

Gman — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 20:30:45 +0000

Amen, brother.

By: Chuck Miller

Chuck Miller — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 20:04:01 +0000

While Jackie Robinson broke the major league color barrier in 1947, one should also note that he broke the minor league color barrier in 1946, as he spent a year in the Brooklyn Dodgers’ minor league affiliate, the Montreal Royals. It was an astute decision on the part of Rickey; the fans in Montreal were more tolerant of racial diversity; while on the road Robinson dealt with harsh prejudice – for example, he could not play road games in Indianapolis because of laws in that city that forbade different races from playing professional sports together. The Royals won the 1946 International League championship, and Robinson was a part of that winning team. After Robinson’s last game with the Royals, he was actually chased by his fans all the way to the train station. A newspaper reporter mentioned at the time that it was the first time a group of white people chased a black man down the street with love, not lynching, on their minds.

Eight years later, the Montreal Royals welcomed another baseball legend to their roster, as a young Roberto Clemente played his first professional ball games with that club.

By: Cute~Ella

Cute~Ella — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 18:36:03 +0000

Awesome post. Besides, I’d rather read about Jackie Robinson than Taxes.

By: Michael Huber, timesunion.com

Michael Huber, timesunion.com — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 18:06:58 +0000

Good NYTimes story yesterday about Mariano Rivera as the last player to wear #42. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/15/sports/baseball/15rivera.html