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...Crimson kept up its fine hitting in the nightcap, breaking the game open with a three-run third inning. Sophomore second baseman Hal Carey's two-run single capped the rally, putting Harvard up to stay. Kalyvas, meanwhile, struck out seven in six innings of work, allowing just one earned run and improving...
Both teams started quickly. UMass scored two in the first, aided by an error and a wild pitch by Harvard. But the Crimson struck back in the bottom of the frame, taking the lead at 3-2 as the first five Harvard batters reached base safely...
Robinson's act, coming seven years before the Supreme Court struck down "separate but equal," anticipated the coming of the civil rights movement and had an impact on his team, his sport, his race and, most importantly, his country. He opened the door for Willie Mays, Ken Griffey, Jr. and countless others to enter and compete on the same playing field with all of the best players in the world...
When President Ronald Reagan posthumously awarded Robinson the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1986, he stated that Robinson "struck a mighty blow for equality, freedom and the American way of life. Jackie Robinson was a good citizen, a great man, and a true American champion...
...first I was just happy that I got to take my Cinnabon and be on my merry way much sooner. However, something about the incident kept bothering me, and I began to reply it over and over in my mind on the way home. Finally, it struck me: I was no longer one of them. They were kids. I was ma'am. I was a grown...