Branch Rickey

discharge, but he won the case. The Army decided they had enough of his retaliation so they let him him go with an honorable discharge (“Army Struggle”). This retaliation sparked interest for Jackie in the eyes of Branch Rickey, executive of the Brooklyn Dodgers. David Oshinsky says that Rickey was looking for an incredibly talented black baseball player who was educated, sober, and was used to playing and competing with whites; which Jackie Robinson was. Also, this player should not be a…

In 1942 through 1944 Jackie served as a second lieutenant but during boot camp was arrested for not giving up his seat on a segregated bus. After this Jackie started playing baseball professionally At first playing with the black league until Branch Rickey president…

Rickey was a man who was very pro change. He is not only just credited for helping break the color barrier in baseball, but he also was a major part in helping form the modern-day form of the Minor League (Farm) system for baseball, and also while GM for the Pittsburg Pirates drafted the first Latino player ever with that man being Roberto Clemente in 1954. Needless to say, Rickey could spot talent, but he also was a man who was ahead of the…

The next great event of 1947 happened in America’s Pastime of Major League Baseball. In 1947, baseball was separated by skin color just like most places in the U.S. during this time. The whites played in the MLB while the blacks had their own league, the Negro League. This was how baseball was played until a man by the name of Jackie Robinson joined the Brooklyn Dodgers team. If Robinson could become good enough to play in the MLB for the Dodgers, he would be the “major leagues’ first…

notion supports NFL’s Vince Lombardi’s statement, “every time you win, you’re reborn and when you lose, you die a little”. This emphasis on winning isn’t just conveyed in the movie but in course readings as well. According to Jay (2004), when Branch Rickey signed Jackie Robinson to a Major League Baseball contract, the decision sprang partly from a realization that Major League Baseball’s color line…

who introduced him to his future girlfriend Rachel Isum.(Robinson 10). Jackie’s baseball carrer started out in Montreal when he played for a AAA team which is a semi pro team. (Robinson 53). Jackie was signed to the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947 by Branch Rickey (the Dodgers owner).(Robinson 29) In 1949 Jackie won the National Leauge MVP in 1949. (Robinson 48) Jackie played two thirds of the games in 1955. (Robinson 78). Jackie retired in October of 1956 he was a six time all-star,…

On this day in 1947, Jackie Robinson, age 28, becomes the first African-American player in Major League Baseball when he steps onto Ebbets Field in Brooklyn to compete for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Robinson broke the color barrier in a sport that had been segregated for more than 50 years. Exactly 50 years later, on April 15, 1997, Robinson’s groundbreaking career was honored and his uniform number, 42, was retired from Major League Baseball by Commissioner Bud Selig in a ceremony attended by over…

The Negro League was a professional baseball league made for the African Americans who were segregated from playing baseball on the same team as the professional Caucasian baseball players. This league was just one of many that wanted to help stop segregation in sports, but in order to accomplish their goal they needed followers and supporters, and that was the hard part. They not only needed to persuade the African Americans, but also the Caucasians who started the segregation. They needed…

Most individuals around the world know Jackie Robinson by the man who broke the color barrier in the Major League Baseball (MLB) on April of 1947. They do not know everything he faced to get to that day. Jackie had to face more obstacles in his life to get to where he was when he broke the color barrier. Today’s society is much different as it was in the 1900’s era. Jackie Robinson helped change America as he played baseball through the Major Leagues while fighting racism and battling adversity.…

Rickey saw that Jackie had a great mental fortitude and decided he could handle the hardships that would come with being the first black Major Leaguer. (Greg Guss) After his first game, his popularity grew immensely, as did the hate of the white crowd. While…