Tag Archives: Branch Rickey

Murray Polner :
SPORT | Former Dodger GM’s exile from baseball: Was justice done?

Posted on August 26, 2014 by Thorne Dreyer

Despite Al Campanis’ historic racist remark, he was a proud and honorable man who was mistreated by pro baseball’s self-righteous moral guardians. By Murray Polner | The Rag Blog | August 26, 2014 I often think of Al Campanis, a … finish reading Murray Polner :
SPORT | Former Dodger GM’s exile from baseball: Was justice done?

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FILM / Dave Zirin : ’42’ is Jackie Robinson’s Bitter Pill

Posted on April 18, 2013 by Thorne Dreyer

A Review of ’42’:Jackie Robinson’s bitter pill This was a man tortured by the fact that his own experience was used as a cudgel against building a public, fighting movement against racial injustice. By Dave Zirin | The Rag … finish reading FILM / Dave Zirin : ’42’ is Jackie Robinson’s Bitter Pill

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