. . . the name Jackie Robinson likely comes up in response. One of the most famous pictures in American history is that of the proud and handsome Robinson signing a Brooklyn Dodgers contract with the avuncular bushy-browed Branch Rickey beaming alongside. Robinson has become such a rightful icon in American culture that his likeness appeared Read More
People ask me, "How would Branch Rickey perform in today's baseball?"
May 12, 2009
I think the salaries would shock him and the ticket prices being charged would cause him to nearly swallow his unlit cigar. The lack of fundamentals in so many players would cause him grief. I can imagine his eyebrows bouncing up and down in astonishment and disgust if he read (as I did in Read More