Harrison Ford to star as Dodgers president in Jackie Robinso

[Igeteven]

Harrison Ford to star as Dodgers president in Jackie Robinson film



http://www.dailynews.com/breakingnews/c ... inson-film

Now what is the real reason that President Branch Rickey hired Robinson to play for the Dodgers

Now do your research , before I give the answer.

No walk in the park for this one.

[Crazykid]

perfect, he looks just like jackie robinson.
branch rickey

[MaryS]

Article with picture of Branch and Jackie.

http://articles.latimes.com/2011/apr/03 ... n-20110403

[Igeteven]

The Answer is


The City of New York was going to ban baseball teams that didn't allow Black players to play. Rickey, just wanted to beat them to the punch.


True.

[Ocala Mike]

The City of New York was going to ban baseball teams that didn't allow Black players to play. Rickey, just wanted to beat them to the punch.

Really? I lived through that period in NY as a Brooklyn Dodger fan, and I never heard that. So how did the Yankees not get banned as they didn't integrate until 1955? My understanding is that Rickey was a shrewd businessman who saw the economic potential in attracting more minorities to the ballpark, nothing more, nothing less.

[MaryS]

The Answer is


The City of New York was going to ban baseball teams that didn't allow Black players to play. Rickey, just wanted to beat them to the punch.


True.

You REALLY need a source for an assertion like this.

[Joel]

The Answer is


The City of New York was going to ban baseball teams that didn't allow Black players to play. Rickey, just wanted to beat them to the punch.


True.

You REALLY need a source for an assertion like this.

Vince confirmed it to Lester..

[Crazykid]

for all we know lester is branch rickey or jackie robinson

[Kermit]

A manager, coach, etc knows when he sees a good player. In those days all they needed was a reason to believe they wouldn't be fired and then they went after some great atheletes.

Coach Darryl Royal of Texas did the same thing, jumping ahead of his SW Conference rivals and scooping-up some of the best black athletes around.

Guy Lewis (Houston Cougars) would drive through the 5th Ward in Houston, looking for players in the parks that were playing 'above the rim'.

[Crazykid]

that sorta how i found vince. i got lost in san francisco and was driving through the castro trying to find market street and there he was standing on a street corner