Word: robinsons
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...serendipity of the two celebrations seemed almost too good to be true. It was as if they were both orchestrated by a higher power, namely Nike. Indeed, the two most compelling commercials on that ESPN telecast were Nike productions that ended with its trademark swoosh: "Thank you, Jackie Robinson," in which African-American ballplayers expressed their gratitude to Robinson, and "I am Tiger Woods," in which children of all races say that mantra before heading out to the golf course...
...would be too much to expect Tiger Woods, or anyone else, to say "I am Jackie Robinson." What Jack Roosevelt Robinson accomplished is chilling even to this day. This son of a Georgia sharecropper endured unspeakable indignities and taunts to become baseball's first black player. (Just last week officials in the small Florida town of Sanford issued an apology for their predecessors who forced Robinson off the field during a minor league game in 1946.) He won over hostile teammates, opponents and newsmen with his ferocity on the field and grace off it. In his 10 short years...
What would Robinson say now if he had a microphone? He would probably wonder why the Dodgers have only one African-American player in 1997. He would call on the 30 major league teams to hire more black managers than four, more black general managers than one. He would look at the faces in the stands and ask what, if anything, baseball is doing to attract minority fans. He would say retiring his No.42 is an empty gesture so long as baseball's executive washroom remains WHITES ONLY...
...vogue among sportswriters is to criticize current major leaguers for not appreciating what Robinson did, but the vast majority do. "Jackie Robinson stands for bravery, dignity, intelligence, intensity," Willie McGee of the St. Louis Cardinals said this spring. "He changed baseball and America. I wish he was still here to change them some more. As far as I'm concerned, he is the man of the century...
...moment, Tiger Woods, would benefit from the counsel of Jackie's widow Rachel Robinson, who stood as tall at Shea the other night as she did 50 years ago, when she rose from her seat to shield her husband from the racial invectives being hurled at him. During the ceremony honoring Jackie, Rachel called on America to "reawaken the feelings of unity and use them as a driving force...