BRanch Rickey
-Branch Rickey was the Brooklyn Dodgers manager.
-He wanted to bring Jackie into the Major League, because he saw something in Jackie Robinson. -Jackie had talent and Mr. Rickey wanted change in baseball. |
-The commissioner of baseball, Kenessaw Mountain Landis, a longtime disagreer with the integration of baseball, died and Branch Rickey saw this as his time to make something happen.
-Branch Rickey created a "Great Experiment" plan to secretly bring blacks into the league. -It started with Jackie, because he knew the first player had to be one of the best. -Baseball was in its prime when Jackie was recruited and all the attention was on him. |