Jackie Robinson asked which baseball team was the most racist against him

[@terrelparris8642]

I am a 70 year old black man. I love this country and have seen a lot in my time. Philadelphia is one of the most racist cities in the United States. I am talking about Philadelphia, PA., not Philadelphia, Mississippi. I have had many racist incidents that occurred in Philly during my 70 years on this earth. God protected me during every hateful, reprehensible racist incident.

[@jaykaufman9782]

We shall *all* overcome.

[@thomas6069]

It's the way people are raised sir apparently the white people in Philadelphia nurse race predjudice at their mothers breast Boston was also that way which is quite shocking both places lost thousands of soldiers who fought for the north during the Civil War.

[@victordecastro7221]

_some believe USA is not racist - yeah, just the racist(s) are racist(s), hope that puts that to rest !?!

[@howie9751]

No wonder Curt Flood didn't want to play there.

[@ricardojordanjordan2216]

Curt Flood was right ,the players should have stood by him

[@michaelburnside4947]

He was not just a great baseball player, but a truly great guy.

[@johnherlihy4739]

Larry Doby is a hero here in NJ. His minor league career was in Patterson, NJ and he is honored to have a rest area named in his memory in Bloomfield, NJ. THE 1st Black player in the American League!

[@Rick_King]

Mr. Doby was also the 2nd black player, after Jackie Robinson, and the 2nd black manager, after Frank Robinson.

[@Stoney1959]

Robinson Doby also destroyed the Negro baseball league. Let's not forget THAT.

[@jamnycer7463]

I believe Larry Doby also has a street need for him very close to MetLife Stadium.

[@tommosley2844]

He also has a statue in Cleveland at Progressive Field!

[@Stoney1959]

@@tommosley2844 And MLK still has a PH.D attached to his name...tho he plagiarized his ENTIRE doctorate thesis. Means nothing. He was simply a good player who gets puffed by the liberal media.

[@KJP-dv2uj]

Jackie died of a heart attack nine months after this interview. Only 53 years old. RIP. One of America’s greatest.

[@Stoney1959]

He was good...not great.

[@KJP-dv2uj]

@@Stoney1959 It is not just about his baseball ability. He endured incredible racism to contribute to a significant shift in American culture.

[@Stoney1959]

@@KJP-dv2uj White players were facing something unprecedented in human history. Would black hv submitted to integration? NEVEr.

[@uncreative5766]

​@@Stoney1959"whites were facing something unprecedented?" Which was what, exactly? Treating minorities as second class on baseball fields in the same way they were treated as felons for marrying white women or having segregated bathrooms and water fountains?

[@gerrydooley951]

@@Stoney1959 being able to be good under those circumstances is great

[@gstlb]

Kudos to Lee Handley for his act of kindness and compassion. Obviously it meant a lot to Jackie.

[@Stoney1959]

You think any white male entering the NBA would EVER be told "good luck" and then apologized to for his blak players behavior in the NBA? NEVER.

[@remidemeere7894]

Thank you so much for this video. Such a pleasure to hear from such a great gentleman.

[@trajan75]

Great man but when they meet in heaven Yogi Berra will still say he was out.

[@jacquelineortiz128]

♥😄

[@thomas6069]

Yogi did did say it's never over till it's over .

[@williamdiedrich3729]

Awesome! Much as I was rooting for Jackie, I always agreed with Yogi and thought he was out. Wish they had multiple camera angles like they do now!

[@kenneth7826]

True 😂😂😂😂

[@kenneth7826]

​@williamdiedrich3729 William Jackie looked out but they did a different angle and Jackie was safe by his big toe..peace

[@ericwitt4359]

"Race should not matter". So true.

[@tommyriam8320]

_"Race should not matter"_ Why not? Ignoring the obvious and clear differences between 'the races' is just plain silly.

[@chamboyette853]

@@tommyriam8320 The only clear difference is the color of the skin. Nothing else, unless if you think like a racist. Just like the color of hair shouldn't matter, or the color of the eyes, short or tall ... Or do you also put a great deal of emphasis on those things and discriminate accordingly?

[@tommyriam8320]

@@chamboyette853 You're a typical, brainwashed ignoramus.

[@williamdiedrich3729]

@@tommyriam8320 According to genetic scientists there is no such thing as race.

[@phukit5456]

Philadelphia has always had the most viscious and hateful fans.

[@ThePeteFace]

Ben Chapman was the Manager of the team, though. Not the fans of Philadelphia.

[@Paladin70]

If anyone wants to know what kind of fans are in Philthadelphia all they have to do is attend an Eagles game wearing the opponent’s jersey. Be prepared to leave wet and smelling like beer. Only team in the league that has a district judge’s office with holding cells underneath the stadium because of the number of arrests at games. City of Brotherly Love my a$$.

[@jeffwatts1126]

@@Paladin70 I went to Philly once to see the Rolling Stones. Me and my friends called it the City of Brotherly stench, man that city smelled bad. But the cheese steaks were for real, thats for sure

[@Georgedunkin7473]

@@ThePeteFacethe fans are trash! Always have been and always will be. Racism is in your DNA! Even the players hate playing there.

[@Richard-od7yd]

I was stationed in the Philadelphia Shipyards for a year and you're right !! I saw less racism in Jacksonville FL than in Philly back then !! You couldn't even take a kid to a FLYERS Game without racist chants being tossed around and there weren't even black or Jewish or Hispanics playing in the NHL 😂😂

[@rickeuler5792]

Cavett says this is 25 years since Robinson broke into the majors. That would mean this interview took place in 1972, the year Robinson would die.

[@haneytr3s]

This episode was January 26, 1972

[@thylacine519]

Robinson died in October of that year

[@KevinMiller-xn5vu]

​@@haneytr3sAnd just a little over two months later Jackie's former teammate, Gil Hodges, would die himself of a sudden heart attack on Easter Sunday, 1972, two days before his 48th birthday.

[@KevinMiller-xn5vu]

​@@thylacine519Jackie's widow, Rachel, is still alive at 102. To my knowledge, I don't think she ever remarried.

[@wmw3629]

@@KevinMiller-xn5vuRachel is pure class!

[@georgebaigent8078]

This is the first interview I’ve ever seen with JR. What a gentleman.

[@rickfeld7995]

Thanks for posting. Jerry Eisenberg has written a book about Larry Doby the forgotten pioneer who broke the color barrier for the American League. Hank Greenberg who played in tge 30's & 40's received viscious hatred from Jew haters, much like America today sadly. Greenberg, Gerhig,Dizzy Dean & many others, played with & were accepting of black players. They barnstormed after the regular season to make extra $$$. Bob Feller was also instrumental in organizing the games.

[@Snoopydad]

One of the big gaffes in Jackie's biopic was that it showed him being abused by a Pirates second baseman in 1947. Hank Greenberg was playing first for the Pirates that year., and if anyone had gone off on Jackie that way, Hank would have flattened him.

[@frankcarlone5130]

Doby was second twice....he was the second black player (2nd to JACKIE Robinson), then he was the second black manager (2nd to FRANK Robinson).

[@kimkelly5512]

Larry Doby was just as much of a pioneer as Jackie.

[@Benzy-d3u]

​H​@@Snoopydad Hank Greenberg was a New York City native which explains his liberal views about racial issues. He grew up in a multi racial and multicultural area and had friends of all races and cultures as a kid.

[@Snoopydad]

@@Benzy-d3u And he was also Jewish. There was no Rickey like restrictions on him in terms of fighting back and he resorted to fisticuffs several times in his career - one time going into the opposing locker room to call out those who were riding him.

[@tomcarrollsusinaperstek2602]

There are no greater people than those who strive and overcome adversity.

[@MK-xe1zd]

One of the greatest videos on KZbin! Thank you!

[@joelsandler1119]

Branche Rickey chose Jackie, because he was tough as nails.

[@CraigMaxwell-gz3vw]

He always called him “Mr. Rickie”. 100% class

[@ytujackclough]

Another favorite of mine!

[@Rick_King]

If this was 25 years after Jackie Robinson started, then in was 1972. Mr. Robinson passed away on October 24, 1972, so he must have been near the end. A great player and a great man!

[@Jackllewellynn]

This is the first time I’ve ever heard his voice. What a beast

[@nelsonx5326]

He was a hero to us kids. We loved our baseball stars no matter the color.

[@keenannorris3309]

You're probably not 80 years old.

[@thomas6069]

You known what I learned my first week overseas every one bled the same color a vet who didn't get captured.

[@WilliamNast-v1g]

QUITE A GUY!!!

[@michaelsuder486]

Ok, was not expecting that voice coming out of that face. I never heard JR speak before but I thought it'd be deeper

[@lordemed1]

#42- a wonderful and great man!

[@ronviens7040]

Boston has been mentioned many times about this

[@acousticshadow4032]

And it's a misnomer, Ron. The Boston Red Sox had a racist owner in Tom Yawkey, but he didn't speak for the city. Just ask David Ortiz,

[@garymorris1856]

It's interesting that the "City of brotherly love," was the worst."

[@stevea6816]

it wasnt so much the city, it was the Phillies team

[@johnrains8409]

That name was given when William Penn founded it in 1682. The word is Greek for "loving." My, times do change.

[@mick2spic]

Jackie is a class act and extremely strong mentally and with his determination to break the color barrier forever.

[@wallychampen1695]

What an honor for Dick Cavett to have him on his show. I remember when he passed away and my parents were talking about his impact on them and others. They sent a condolences card and flowers to his widow who by God's grace is still with us! 🙏🙏

[@EdwardArmstrong-y3f]

Humanity shining through .!!! Mr . Robinson

[@David-yw2lv]

He was a trailblazer.He paved the way for all kinds of opening doors to minorities in every walk of life.

[@stevea6816]

The movie 42 was great and shows that scene where Ben Chapman, the Phillies manager is making all of these racist taunts at Jackie

[@exdemocrat9038]

Don't believe everything you see in the movies.

[@stevea6816]

@@exdemocrat9038 well I’m Sure it was exaggerated a bit but it is true for the most part

[@MJC_2112]

​@exdemocrat9038 you just watched a video where Jackie Robinson said Ben Chapman was the worst in regard to the racial comments made towards him. I guess we can believe that the movie portrayed it accurately.

[@Georgedunkin7473]

@@exdemocrat9038 I’ve never seen Philly portrayed in any movie as being a beautiful city with kind people. Its has always been a racist dump! A crown jewel of republican representation.

[@comicus6769]

@@Georgedunkin7473 Sure dude, ROTFLMAO.

[@JackieDaytona1776]

"Highly combative man" in a number of fields is an...odd way to describe someone so humble, respectful, and determined. He was an incredibly courageous leader and trailblazer. What about him seems 'combative,' Mr. Cavett?

[@cliffordnewell2445]

Terrific interview. Thanks God for Jackie and Dick.

[@RaysDad]

I think that in many ways America was better in 1947 than it is today. But the huge problem in America at that time was racism. Jackie Robinson took a lot of heat in his 1947 rookie season, and afterwards too, but he had the class and composure to be a true leader. Likewise, during the first NBA season in 1949-50 there were no black players. Can you imagine? In 1950-51 three black players made the NBA: Nat (Sweetwater) Clifton, Chuck Cooper, and Earl Lloyd. They gave credit to Robinson for paving the way in sports.

[@rickfeld7995]

The city of Boston was considered very hostile to blacks, but the Celtics were the first team to start 5 black players. I believe it was Wilie Nauls, Satch Sanders, K. C. Jones, Sam Jones & the greatest player i ever saw, Bill Russell. Coached by Red Aurbach.

[@Snoopydad]

@@rickfeld7995 Bill was originally drafted by St. Louis, and stated he would never play there.

[@theOlLineRebel]

You make a great point. It was better in almost all ways. But people want to throw the baby out with the bathwater, the childish view that 1 poor thing or even a few poor aspects entitle them to completely eschew and start all over (guess with what?). As for paving the way…recall that Robinson wasn’t actually even close to the first black in baseball, and that NFL in that time already had blacks. NFL wasn’t as big then until Johnny U, but being big now you’d think more would be made if it. But, alas, of course not.

[@Muscleboy100-wk2oc]

Great interview. To bad there had to be a Jackie Robinson to begin with and blacks couldn't always play. Too bad blacks could not play major league baseball in the 1920's because you would have had Satchel Paige pitch to Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig and Jimmy Foxx. Lou Gehrig wanted to play against black players to his credit. Plus the Brooklyn Dodger players said The Cardinal players-Stan Musial and Red Shending's were always nice to him with no racism. Glad things have come a long way there. Thanks for this upload.

[@Sirala6]

Greatest of the GOATs. His life was undoubtedly shortened by the trauma. Dead at 53

[@KJP-dv2uj]

Nine months after this interview. RIP.

[@senororlando2]

I think this is the first time I’ve ever heard Jackie Robinson’s voice

[@atroyz]

He was such a hero. When was this interview? Is this also on the Dick Cavett website I couldn’t find it.

[@JuanMartinez-xf3uz]

I'm so relieved he didn't say Boston lol

[@Lol-cl3kh]

May he rest in peace, and his legacy continue to live on.

[@CosmicAnubis]

A true American hero and a world class human being. RIP

[@13randydandy]

I would have loved this interview to be an hour longer.

[@csnide6702]

Philly .... - is anyone surprised....?

[@norfillyson]

i assumed it would be Boston

[@BuckshotPA1]

@@norfillysonwouldn’t play in Boston, no inter league games. Except for World Series games.

[@austenrobinson2747]

Hell of a player

[@henrysouthern9869]

Did you ask hank greenberg and joe dimaggio the same question

[@warrencundy]

Heat up people don’t know what Heat this man took & told not to fight back just hit the ball & steal bases ! He was a great the most awful crap was said to this man it also killed him the Stress he died young was grey haired early he was a hell of an Athlete Sprinter Long Jumper ! U back then & face what he did & c how u would react it wouldn’t b like the Great Man did I can tell u ! I’m from NZ 10,000 miles away never saw him play to young but I know what a legend in American Sporting Culture this man was almost every African American owe this man a debt & the Best thing MLB did is have the Jackie Robinson Day every season as a tribute to this Legendary player

[@nelsonx5326]

Hey New Zeeland. I'm from Brooklyn, New York. So cool you love Jackie Robinson. We have a Jackie Robinson Expressway, from Queens to Brooklyn. I love Jackie too, but Sandy Koufax is my favorite Dodger. I have an old Sandy Koufax baseball card. No Jackie Robinson card though. I was just a baby when he was playing. Go Yankees!

[@scott8xxx532]

@@nelsonx5326 Now what kind of self-respecting Brooklyn Dodgers fan went to rooting for the Yankees?!?! You and the NY Giants fans were supposed to redirect your loyalties to the Mets. The Mets even adopted those teams colors, took their orange from the Giants and blue from the Dodgers. My dad grew up a diehard Dodgers fan but could never root for them once they left for L.A., and would never ever root for the dreaded Yankees. :)

[@davidr5961]

He was a great player and was fortunate to play for Mr Rickey and dodgers organization, and have their support. I remember reading, when Elston Howard broke in with the yanks, he was accepted by his teammate s for the most part. Casey Stengal, though, referred to him as eightball, since he had no speed.,on the bases.Many manager s like him were racist s, back then, but was different times. Robinson was fortunate to Olay for the Dodgers

[@acousticshadow4032]

Southern boy, Dixie Walker, of the Brooklyn Dodgers was dead-set against Jackie joining the team, and with a handful of others, created a wedge in the clubhouse. Dixie and two other divisive team members were traded to the Pirates in December of 1947. Problem solved.

[@maureencora1]

2047 I Be 90 yrs. old on the 100th Anniversary of Jackie Robinson MLB I Hope I Make It. He's Always Be My Hero, May He R.I.P.

[@xavieracoleman9964]

Another reason to hate Philly teams and fans!

[@josephthomas2226]

Many young black people and white people today don't appreciate Jackie robinson and Jesse Owens enough, because they try to judge them by modern standards. If they had been angry, militant, instead of quiet and let their work speak, they would not have made the progress that they did. It took a lot of courage for them to deal with their times, and they are both heroes of mine, especially Owens. What a treat to see an interview with Robinson. he died way too young.

[@LKaramazov]

Listening to Jackie points out how we’ve declined mentally as a race.

[@thejazzman210]

Well, you can count them now Jackie. R.I.P.

[@patrickstrubert26]

Jackie Robinson appeared on the Dick Cavett Show shortly before he went to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. in October 1972.. He was the greatest of all time in my humblel opinion becuase of all the abuse he endured. God love him.

[@ernestitoe]

Robinson was a gentleman speaking to the media, but on the field he was one of the roughest, toughest players since Ty Cobb. (Never mind the absurdities said about Cobb. He wasn't the psychotic he was made out to be in a book and movie about him. He constantly stretched the boundaries of acceptable play, and he was racist. But not psychotic.) Robinson would retaliate against a vicious player any way he could, and he injured several. He was also one of the worst bench-jockeys in the history of baseball. Leo Durocher was one of his favorite targets. He knew exactly what would rattle Leo, and he had no mercy.

[@williampalchak7574]

Pittsburgh Pirates were the first MLB team to have the first black 9 man line up.

[@vestibulate]

It really is a shame that Chapman permanently ruined his reputation. He was a fine ballplayer in his own right. The trouble was, he didn't believe in rights for others.

[@floorticket]

Jackie Robinson and Bill Burr have "Philly incidents" in common. 3:53 I wonder if Burr's seen this?

[@LSBBD]

And now you can count them because basketball attracts the black youth ten fold.

[@deanronson6331]

The title should be changed to "JR WAS asked..." Otherwise, it looks confusing at a first glance - as if JR did the asking.

[@cardinalsfan8182]

Jackie was a complete treasure and probably the bravest man in baseball history.

[@bryanmachin2152]

God, I'm so glad he didn't say the Cardinals were the most racist team, since they're my dudes and I grew up with them!

[@marshallauerback444]

Read David Halberstam's book, 1964. The Cardinals' organisation comes across extremely well (the Yankees, not so much)

[@johndreker1613]

If you ever want to take a deep dive into baseball history as far as race, I suggest really diving in, because it's so much more than just Jackie Robinson. MLB itself runs with lazy history, where they tell you just enough. Robinson is the main focus, but you almost never hear about Larry Doby that same year in the American League, playing in cities that Robinson didn't visit. If Doby did something "wrong" then the movement would have ended. You also never hear how the integration put so many African-American players out of work because the Negro Leagues lost a lot of their own fans immediately, then soon collapsed into more of a sideshow league that made little money during its last few years. I don't know how you could have prevented that, but their was a front office member of the Yankees who was asked to integrate in the early 40s and he laid out exactly what would happen if they integrated like he had a time machine. In a long letter, he said that the Negro Leagues would collapse, which he didn't want, because they rented out Yankee Stadium from him. He said both MLB and the Negro Leagues were thriving separate and should remain that way. I don't agree with that part obviously, but his point about the Negro Leagues collapsing is something that is often overlooked. Hundreds of players from that league were out of jobs because they were the bullpen or bench guys, or starters on bad teams, and there was now no place for them. Sure, many Negro League players ended up with minor league jobs, while some made the AL/NL, but more than half were just done playing baseball for money (some played occasional exhibition games for meager splits of the profits) Another aspect you don't hear about is a better definition of "color barrier". Most people now will tell you baseball was all white players until Robinson (some know that three African-American players were in the majors during the 1879-1884 time-frame). That was not true. MLB had no problem with Native American players. Plenty were in the majors before Robinson. There were also plenty of Cuban and a few other Latin country players before Robinson. A number of them were of African descent. It's very wrong to say Robinson was the first player of African descent in the majors after 1884. In fact, one was a regular for ten seasons dating back to 1938 (Bobby Estalella), while another player named Tommy de la Cruz was in the majors in 1945 and had a very dark complexion for a Cuban player. Go look at a picture of him and try to figure out why the generic term "color barrier" is still used. Don't just rely on MLB teaching you about the subject. I just gave an outline here. There are other aspects of it to learn. MLB goes all in on Robinson as if nothing else matters (see Doby above). I barely heard Branch Rickey mentioned this year on Jackie Robinson Day and he was clearly the most important person in the entire process. Robinson doesn't become the first without everything Rickey did, including selecting Robinson to be the person. If Rickey picked anyone else, then that person would be the person we celebrate, regardless of their on-field accomplishments

[@michaelreimer951]

Doby also broke the color barrier to professional basketball in the precursor to the NBA in 1948. Also, Ted Williams was half Mexican from his mom's side, but guess it wasn't widely known at the time.

[@johndreker1613]

@@michaelreimer951 If you look at young pics of Williams, you can clearly see the heritage. He was the first Latin player in the Hall of Fame and they don't even recognize it. Instead of giving him the title, they call Roberto Clemente the first Latin-born member of the Hall of Fame. It's crazy that even in Mexico you don't hear about Ted Williams, where he would easily be the best player of Mexican heritage in baseball history. The second best is Fernando Valenzuela. No disrespect to Fernando, who was a top pitcher in baseball as a rookie and the middle of his career, but he's nowhere near Williams as far as career stats go. There was a Mexican catcher during the early years of MLB (Sandy Nava), but MLB would never talk about him. He too should be a national hero, but MLB does nothing to honor Nava or the Mexican heritage of Williams

[@mcarlkv53]

it should have been josh gibson that broke the color line.....but josh mysteriously died in january 1947 before the season started

[@b1646717]

Six seconds in and my guess is Boston.

[@hut0]

His wife is still alive in 2024. She's 102 years old.

[@gerrydooley951]

Rachel Robinson

[@machivellisucstwogo7103]

Why don’t you ask him which pitcher was the hardest one for him to hit. Make that the story.

[@HandyMan657]

Legend

[@bellindj]

Instigation flaming things does not help anything

[@dougwilliamson4119]

Duh! Philly.

[@JamesWilliams-w3t]

American hero

[@drewby613]

Philly was the worst? Why am I not surprised?

[@bellindj]

Caveat shame on you

[@Matty-vw8vw]

Damn, Dick Cavett is tiny

[@bellindj]

I am getting tired by all the racist innuendo and videos on KZbin about this subject. Biblically, there is no such thing as race. We all are born of Adam.

[@theuniversegalaxynba]

So would you like to go on my program and go over the things you write then?

[@silvereaglehere]

Yeah--Yogi got him. The ump was not in a very good position to see the play. Yogi and Robinson both GREAT players. Jackie looked so good to have died just a couple months later.

[@gerrydooley951]

were you in a good position to see the play? It was extremely close and could have been called either way, the ump just happened to call him safe.

[@seansheldrick1849]

The real shame is that the number of African Americans in baseball is extremely low in a time where advancement in so many other fields, politics, cultural and corporate have been substantial.

[@Youralwayswhining4367]

Only 14 percent black in the US, dosent seem like it in comparison to others.

[@The508ranger]

🙏🏾🙏🏾💯💪🏾🫡

[@orgonkothewildlyuntamed6301]

can anyone shed some light when was America great??

[@theOlLineRebel]

America has always been great.

[@gerrydooley951]

there was one month in 1950, everything just seemed perfect

[@gerrydooley951]

@@theOlLineRebel We are powerful and strive to be great, we have done many good things and many bad things around the world in the name of capitalism and democracy. Without the power of our military we would be nothing

[@theOlLineRebel]

@@gerrydooley951 no, without the power of our freedom (which did indeed exist and many ways more than now) we’d be nothing. Who else has made such huge strides in such a short time? No one. Period. And no one else has had countless millions racing here over all centuries, from the start, despite how “racist” we are and slaves existing. That’s why I say these people should race away and give up everything to get to their paradises if they hate it so much. Those immigrants did. They have none of the stomach that those immigrants did, their actions belie their treasonous hateful libel.

[@HermanIngram]

It was great until 1963.

[@acornsucks2111]

Jackie had most fans, mgt and almost all the players supporting him. Opposing players get heckled just as much as he did, and they still do today. HIs worship status is totally overplayed. He led the way as the best players left the negro leagues, and within a decade it was bankrupt.

[@shaystern2453]

cavett gave me an uneasy feeling with his awkward interviews

[@memory-nownow-anticipation7087]

Jackie sounds nothing like Boseman.

[@romanclay1913]

Pride of John Muir HS in Pasadena , California.

[@BBB-Schmuck]

He was out when he stole home vs Yankees.

[@maureencora1]

Nobody Like a Sore Loser... Go Brooklyn Dodgers.

[@michaelhasenstein721]

Worship God.

[@gerrydooley951]

do you have Tourette's?

[@anonymike8280]

Chapman's harassment of Robinson was to a degree calculated and an effort to disrupt Robinson and the other team. DIsrupting opponents mentally is just part of the game, but there are way and there are ways. Heard it said once, before the snap of the ball in the NFL, there are many sharp discussions of ancestry and parentage between the offensive and defensive lineman. By the way, Chapman's efforts didn't work very well. Chapman lost three seasons to World War II service and with that going into the records books with 2000 career hits and 1000 career runs batted in. Maybe it should be considered where the world would be absent the willingness of the white Southerner to put his life on the line for America. Or is it, since it was what they were supposed to do, they get no credit for doing it?

[@scott8xxx532]

It is more that there was nothing unique about the white Southerner going to battle versus anyone else from anywhere else in the country who was right there beside him. Why do you even suggest that Southerners warrant special credit and attention over any other American servicemen? If you had a point I did not get it.

[@norfillyson]

stop making excuses for racists, Adolf

[@gregshirley-jeffersonboule6258]

Way to minimize the racism. What next, you gonna launch into a Lost Cause monologue?

[@jaybarnes8034]

Zack Hample is a legend too,

[@rentslave]

The holiday should have been for Jackie;not for that itinerant preacher with a sealed FBI file.

[@OctoRubas]

Yo yo yo Dey all be’s raciss

[@johnjacobs5199]

You sound like an uneducated, illiterate White Supremacist!!

[@norfillyson]

hi Adolf

[@OctoRubas]

@@norfillyson hi pussy

[@johnjacobs5199]

@@OctoRubas Hi Klansman......

[@OctoRubas]

@@johnjacobs5199 hi p****

[@jimdellavecchia4594]

I'm a Phillies fan and Ben Chapman is my hero

[@norfillyson]

wonder why...

[@maureencora1]

@@norfillyson Yeah.

[@dr.doomtalkshistoricalpoli9483]

Of course. And fire is hot, and water is wet.🙄🤡

[@maureencora1]

@@dr.doomtalkshistoricalpoli9483 Touche' (smile)

[@gerrydooley951]

@@dr.doomtalkshistoricalpoli9483 yes Tonto