Quote of the day

Brooklyn team president Branch Rickey on Hall of Famer Jackie Robinson, whom Rickey brings to Dodgers in 1947 as the major leagues’ first Black player in the 20th century:

“There was never a man in the game who could put mind and muscle together quicker and with better judgment than Robinson.”

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