This coming Friday night July 3 Branch Rickey will be inducted into the National College Baseball Hall of Fame in Lubbock, Texas. He is this year’s selection in the Vintage Pre-1947 category. Last year Jackie Robinson was enshrined in the pre-1947 class for his standout performances at UCLA. I was honored when the Rickey family Read More
THOUGHTS ON COLLEGE BASEBALL HALL OF FAME INDUCTION OF BRANCH RICKEY AND RAFAEL PALMEIRO
June 29, 2009
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PREPARING FOR THE CIVIL RIGHTS WEEKEND
June 17, 2009
I have been honored by an invitation to appear in Cincinnati this Friday afternoon June 19 on a Civil Rights Roundtable chaired by Harvard law professor Charles Ogletree, Jr. (President Obama’s law school mentor). The opening event of Major League Baseball’s first Civil Rights Weekend, our panel begins at 4 PM and will take place at Read More