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Can't wait to see how they portray the old Dodgers.
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Really looking forward to this one.
Reading a biography on Robinson and up to the part where he's brought in by Rickey to Dodgers camp for the first time. The Montreal Royals (the AAA affiliate) manager was a guy named Clay Hopper (full southerner, a plantation owner, didn't want Robinson there but fell in line when the move was made).
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Robinson could hardly guess the depth of his manager's feelings. Some days later, after Rickey praised a particular play by Jackie as superhuman, Hopper was shocked. "Mr. Rickey," he asked, his lips quivering with emotion, "do you really think a nigger's a human being?" Rickey ignored him.
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What's the book? I've been meaning to pick up one or two on him.Reading a biography on Robinson and up to the part where he's brought in by Rickey to Dodgers camp for the first time. The Montreal Royals (the AAA affiliate) manager was a guy named Clay Hopper (full southerner, a plantation owner, didn't want Robinson there but fell in line when the move was made).
at this passage...Comment
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Ive been all over this one since I saw the trailer a month or so ago.Comment
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