On Jackie Robinson Day, take 30 seconds to watch this terrific video from MLB.com, voiced by Vin Scully.
VIDEO: Vin Scully’s Jackie Robinson Day Tribute
(via Quickish)
Transcribed, in case you don’t have audio:
Before Ellsbury. Before Kemp. Before Ichiro, Mo, and Thomas. Before Gwynn. Before Ozzie. Before Murray, and Carew. Before Frank. Before Ernie. Before Aaron, and Mays. There was Jackie.
But I can’t transcribe the music or Scully’s voice, so definitely watch the video.
Around our MLB network, Tom Dakers has a good Jackie Robinson Day post at SB Nation’s Blue Jays blog, Bluebird Banter. Put simply:
Generally, sports are just sports. Jackie on the other hand, was more important than just baseball. He gave a face to the whole civil rights movement. He changed it from being just a political issue something that people could understand as more than just an idea. It is hard to believe that such a relatively short time ago the world was so much different.
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