![]() ![]() ![]() Off the field, Robinson continued to say what was on his mind. Why? The kid planned to trade Erskine’s six for one Jackie Robinson autograph. Dodgers pitcher Carl Erskine recalls a kid handing him six items to sign. (New York Daily News)įans, of course, knew. The Brooklyn Dodgers' Jackie Robinson signs autographs for fans between innings during a game in Atlanta, Ga. Robinson could change a game with a feint.” Nothing else he did as a ballplayer quite so profoundly impacted both the games that he played and, it must be said, the lives of those who saw him play. “Of all the attributes that attended Jackie Robinson’s play on the baseball diamond - and there were many - none stood out so magnificently, at the time or in memory, in legend and in fact, as the way that he ran the bases. They endured so much together and publicly, no matter how angry or scared, they presented themselves as utterly composed.Īs dignified as they were, and as important to bringing about change, what the world saw first was Robinson on the field. ![]() Over the decades, Rachel was his partner in every aspect, working with him for civil rights, raising money for causes and rearing their children. They were together until his death in 1972, and truly a team onto themselves, which the book explains. As a UCLA senior, in the fall of 1940, he met Rachel, a freshman. ![]()
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