Jackie Robinson’s return to Cincinnati for the 1972 World Series was a full-circle moment, and would be his last public appearance. This was the same city that viciously abused the Dodgers first baseman 25 years prior. ✍️ InstantRHIplay
” stating they planned to shoot and kill Robinson if he took the field during the doubleheader. The infielder was unfazed, but 17 additional police officers were added to the game-day detail, swelling the law enforcement presence to 70 that day.
This admission was compounded when a man walked up to Robinson as he prepared to make his way out of the tunnel to greet the crowd on that sunny October day. Already blind in one eye and losing sight in the other, the World Series champion couldn’t make out who it was — at least, not until the man hugged him. Robinson then realized it was his old teammate and friend, Reese.
The bigger hurdle, though, was how Robinson felt toward baseball. Outside of attending his 1962 Hall of Fame induction in Cooperstown, N.Y., he stayed away from the big leagues. And he was planning to do so on this occasion, too, even though the Dodgers, now in Los Angeles, had retired his No. 42 jersey that year.
On the commissioner’s staff was former New York Giants outfielder Monte Irvin, at that time the highest-ranking African American in baseball. Kuhn also had asked every baseball team to begin seeking out and training minority candidates behind the scenes, Bernard E. Garnett, a former Black Press member and co-author of “The Black Athlete — 1970,” said in the report.
“I am disappointed that baseball has failed to realize its responsibility to the Negro athlete. When the Negro ends his playing career, he stops functioning in baseball. This is not because he wants to, but rather it is the result of baseball not having a place for him. Please don’t misunderstand me, I am not advocating that Negroes should be hired for baseball jobs just because they are Negroes.”
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