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Why Sotomayor Couldn't Really Save Baseball

Michael Shapiro | Posted 06.28.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Nfl, Baseball, Branch Rickey, Lamar Hunt, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sonia Sotomayor, Sotomayor Baseball, Sonia Sotomayor Baseball, Entertainment News
Michael Shapiro

In 1995, Cal Ripkin did not save baseball, and nor, for that matter, did Sonia Sotomayor. They both helped the game, mightily. But salvation remains elusive.

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Break Up The Royals; Damn (the) Yankees

Michael Shapiro | Posted 06.12.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: New York Yankees, Baseball, Del Webb, Continental League, Kansas City, Branch Rickey, Entertainment News
Michael Shapiro

The rise of the Royals suggests that baseball is indeed a game in which every team has a shot at a pennant, and not just the rich ones. There is some truth in this, but it is very recently so.

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Ebbets Field, Redux

Michael Shapiro | Posted 05.15.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Ebbets Field, Baseball, Shea Stadium, William Shea, Walter O'Malley, Branch Rickey, New York-New York, Entertainment News
Michael Shapiro

Last night, in an arena where Shea's name fittingly joins the retired numbers of Seaver, Stengel, Hodges and Jackie Robinson, baseball witnessed a return to the past. We're back where we started.

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With Thanks To Those Who Brought Us Here

Rick Siegel | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Al Gore, Jackie Robinson, Bill Maher, Thanks, Branch Rickey, President Elect Barack Obama, Obama Election Day, Liberal Media, Magic Johnson, Race Relations, Election Day, Democratic National Commitee, Political Pundit, Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart, Obama Keynote, Politics News
Rick Siegel

Thanks to President-elect Obama not just for leading this nonviolent coup of everyday Americans overthrowing a military industrial junta, but for recognizing that the work has just begun.

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Obama and Jackie Robinson

Michael Dowd | Posted 11.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama Jackie Robinson, Jackie Robinson, Mlb, Brooklyn Dodgers, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Branch Rickey, Politics News
Michael Dowd

Watching Barack Obama on the stump and particularly in the debates reminds me of Jackie Robinson, the man who broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball.

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