13 Things You Probably Did Not Know About Jackie Robinson
With hype and hullabaloo in the air over the 2018 All Star Game and all of its sidebars, my thoughts somehow turn to Jackie Robinson, a six-time all star and my all-star of all stars. Much is known about him, but there are quite a few things that are not. For your Number 42 consciousness […]
Remembering Jackie Robinson
He was born in Cairo, Georgia on the last day of January in 1919, and died on October 24, 1972 in Stamford, Connecticut. Robinson attended UCLA, where he won letters in three sports. He was in the Army during World War II and then played briefly in the Negro Leagues when the war ended. He […]
Matt Nadel’s First Ever Movie Review: 42
Hey baseball fans! I’m sure you’ve all heard about the movie “42” that recently came out in theaters. Well, I decided to do a movie review of it! The movie “42: The True Story of an American Legend” is the story of how Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier and joined the major leagues, the first black […]
Did Jackie Robinson Impact Major League Baseball More than Any Other Player?
Jackie Robinson didn’t just say that; he lived it. Monday, April 15, 2013 marks the 66th anniversary of the pioneer who journeyed where no man had journeyed before him. If his life is measured by the impact it made on others, it is nothing short of monumental. Has anyone impacted Major League Baseball more than […]
Jackie Robinson: A Look at His Hall of Fame Career
Could he be elected to the Hall of Fame had he not broken the color barrier? Jackie Roosevelt Robinson was ahead of his time. Emerging almost 20 years before the Civil Rights movement, Robinson is known to African-Americans as a pioneer. He played second base in the Negro Leagues until age 25, when Branch Rickey, […]
Branch Rickey: An Undercover Social Entrepreneur (Part 2)
Image via Wikipedia The second reason for his breaking of the color line was to demolish some of the barriers of race that were present in the country at the time. Rickey knew that if he could bring Jackie Robinson into the game, he would be able to not only make those in baseball more […]
Branch Rickey: An Undercover Social Entrepreneur
Image via Wikipedia Part 1 of 2 Not many people have heard of Branch Rickey, but most have heard of Jackie Robinson, the man who is credited with breaking baseball’s color line. What most do not realize is that without Rickey, there may have never been a Robinson. While Robinson is credited with what is […]
The History of African Americans in Baseball Bibiliography
Anderson, B. (2001). Celebrating Jackie Robinson? Major League Baseball Sees the Limitations of Promotions. Journal of Promotion Management, 7, 215-224. Carroll, B. (2006). Early Twentieth-Century Heroes: Coverage of Negro League baseball in the Pittsburgh Courier and the Chicago Defender. Journalism History, 32, 34-42. Carroll, B. (2006). From Fraternity to Fracture: Black Press Coverage of Involvement […]
The History of African Americans in Baseball Part 2
Image via Wikipedia Part 2 of 4 Although it was not well documented, black women even had their time in professional baseball as well when the male major leagues were in turmoil over labor agreements. While they were not accepted into the women’s baseball leagues which is now well known (thanks to the film A […]
