Should Branch Rickey Have Signed Jackie Robinson?

[kpete]

Should Branch Rickey Have Signed Jackie Robinson?
By Big Tent Democrat, Section Other Politics
Posted on Mon May 03, 2010 at 09:35:00 AM EST

On the ESPN Radio show, Mike and Mike in the morning, a question being debated is 'should MLB involve itself in the Arizona immigration debate?' To me, this is an astounding question. When the NFL pulled the Super Bowl out of Arizona over the rescinding of the Martin Luther King holiday, did anyone question whether it was "appropriate" for the NFL to do that? If they did, I do not recall it.

But to put this in a historic perspective, can you imagine the idea of asking whether Branch Rickey should have "injected" baseball into the political question of segregation when he signed Jackie Robinson? Certainly not today. So how come this is even a question?

Speaking for me only
http://www.talkleft.com/story/2010/5/3/9355/41982

[FSogol]

1. I have a hard time thinking of anyone less qualified to discuss issues than Mike and MIke.

They are dopey morons.

[Captain Hilts]

2. Mike and Mike are fairly progressive, but Tony and Mike on PTI are more progressive.

It'll be interesting to see what they say tonight. I know Tony is horrified by the law.

[classysassy]

3. The racism

That Jackie had to put up with,how he made it I don't know, a lesser person would have failed the rules Rickey placed upon him were so harsh.He was not allowed to talk back to the umpires no matter how bad their call were and they made some awful calls, some of his team mates didn't accept him. Dixie Walker was one of them Ben Chapman of the Phillies wanted his team to boycott the Dodgers as long as Robinson was on their team.He had to live in a black hotel or in the home of a black family, while on the road its funny how things are so sad when it come to race relations and there are some that would take us back to those dark days of the past.Limbaugh,Beck,and some other republicans as well as a few democrats.We did over come and there is no going back.