Learn more about the MLB trailblazer through art, writing and film, plus five tips from Mauricio Dubón on how to be a versatile player.
Welcome to Sliders, a weekly in-season column that focuses on both the timely and timeless elements of baseball. Jackie Robinson is part of baseball’s with Lou Gehrig and Roberto Clemente, each a towering symbol of skill and sacrifice, tinged with sorrow. They accomplished so much and have been gone so long that generations know them only as icons.
” The host introduced him as “a highly combative man” who “speaks his mind,” but the interview, from Jan. 26, 1972, is a frank, intriguing talk that packs a lot into just 15 minutes. As we watch major-league players wearing Robinson’s number on Monday, it’s worth hearing some of the things the man himself stood for, in his own words, near the end of a brief and momentous life.
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