Baseball was proof positive that democracy was real. A baseball box score after all, is a...
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Baseball was proof positive that democracy was real. A baseball box score after all, is a democratic thing. It doesn't say how big you are, or what religion you follow it does not know how you voted, or the color of your skin, it simply states what kind of ballplayer you were on any particular day.
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And baseball was proof positive that democracy was real
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A baseball box score after all is a democratic thing
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It doesn't say how big you are or what religion you follow
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It does not know how you voted or the color of your skin
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It simply states what kind of ballplayer you were on any particular day
Clip duration: 18 seconds
Views: 210
Timestamp in movie: 00h 01m 17s
Uploaded: 21 February, 2022
Genres: biography, drama, sport
Summary: In 1947, Jackie Robinson becomes the first African-American to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era when he was signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers and faces considerable racism in the process.
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00:27 What the hell Wendell
00:05 I'm not going anywhere
00:23 Yeah well the wife's inside cooking
00:34 The next white son of a bitch that opens his mouth
00:14 Roses and sleep are two wonderful things Burt
00:04 A big game today in Pittsburgh
00:05 Nice guys finish last And what about nice girls
00:05 Whatcha gonna do if one of these pitchers throws for your...
00:17 I'm a Methodist
00:15 Robinson rounds third
00:09 We had a victory of fascism in Germany
00:10 If Robinson can help us win
00:16 Jackie Robinson
00:10 It's another opening day
00:07 This is a white man's game
01:18 Would like to know what you're trying to prove
00:52 The wife's inside cookin'
00:07 Maybe tomorrow we'll all wear 42 That way they...
00:21 You think God likes baseball Herb
00:09 Hey Stank What's it like being a nigger's nigger