You think God likes baseball, Herb? What - ? What the hell is that supposed to mean? It...
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Branch Rickey:
You think God likes baseball, Herb?
Herb Pennock:
What - ? What the hell is that supposed to mean?
Branch Rickey:
It means someday you're gonna meet God, and when he inquires as to why you didn't take the field against Robinson in Philadelphia, and you answer that it's because he was a Negro, it may not be a sufficient reply!
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You think God likes baseball Herb
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What What the hell is that supposed to mean
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It means someday you're gonna meet God
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and when he inquires as why you didn't take the field
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against Robinson in Philadelphia
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and you answer that it's because he was a Negro
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it may not be a sufficient reply
Clip duration: 21 seconds
Views: 269
Timestamp in movie: 01h 30m 42s
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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