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When the movie "ended" I felt a little cheated, but then they went into the postscript stuff which gave a sense of what happened to Robinson and some of the significant other people in the movie after his rookie year. Baseball fans might be disappointed by the amount of actual baseball scenes, but I think the movie's message was contained mostly in what happened off the field. They showed enough baseball stuff to show how the other players, reporters and one Manager in particular felt about Robinson's presence in what they felt was their exclusive domain. The fact that Durocher was the only person officially punished by MLB in direct connection to Robinson (the reason cited was total pretext) speaks volumes of how strong the attitudes were back then. I know Chapman never managed after that year, but there was no official word from MLB banning him for his actions. Poor Durocher was later further punished by being forced to manage the Cubs in, among other great years, 1969.......
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Can anyone recommend a good book about Robinson's life and/or career? Or Larry Doby, for that matter?
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I read two books about him. I can't recall the names of them but both were very good books. Apparently Robinson wasn't as well liked as some may think. If I recall correctly, Robinson got along more with his white teammates than he did with Campanella and Newcombe. I know the book touched on this so i'm not sure how much Robinson didn't get along with his black teammates. But I always thought it was kind of a shame that they hand picked Robinson for this honor instead of Josh Gibson or Satchel Paige. I feel baseball did a great thing in finally letting blacks into baseball but I always felt they snubbed alot of people by how they chose. I realize they chose Robinson because he had the strength and courage and smarts to take the namecalling but these other guys like Gibson and Paige had been busting their tails off for years and to not get chosen to be the first black mlb player because they weren't smart or level headed enough is disrespectful in it's own way.
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I read an article a while ago saying that instead of integration into MLB, the World Series should have been Negro League Champion vs MLB Champion. And that that would have been better for the black community, since this would have elevated the Negro Leagues higher than the AL and NL.
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Incidents created by frustrated and angry responses to the type of race-baiting and abuse that went on would have only served to undermine this objective by giving ammunition to the vocal opponents of integration in any arena; the reason why Blacks and Whites needed to be separate "for their own good". To be successful long term instead of just one big splash, it needed to be as smooth a transition as possible and that was always going to fall on the shoulders of whichever Black player came first. Skill was important but not as important as mental and emotional makeup and disposition. |
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1) Jackie Robinson book: Opening Day by Jonathan Eig.
2) Larry Doby book: Larry Doby by Joseph Moore. There are numerous books about Jackie Robinson but I think Opening Day which deals with Robinsons first year is the best one I've read. Some baseball historians have felt that if the Dodgers had brought Robinson up during the 1946 season the Dodgers would of won the pennant in 1946 instead of losing to the Cardinals in the Playoffs. Durocher wanted to bring Robinson up in the 1946 season, but was overruled by Rickey. Durocher thought Robinson had enough talent to be on the team and should of been brought up during the 1946 season. Last edited by Golden Sox; 04-16-2013 at 08:07 AM. |
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Yeah, but that couldn't have been foreseen. He had stroke in '43 and was hospitalized in '44. That said, the guy battled drugs and alcohol his adult life. Players like Babe Ruth, who the media covered for, could get away with that. The first black player since the game was segregated wouldn't be so lucky, as everyone would be trying to find a reason integrating the game wouldn't be a good idea. Gibson was one of the best to play the game, but would not have been a good choice for breaking the color barrier.
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