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Branch Rickey was a distinguished American baseball executive and player, renowned for his pivotal role in integrating Major League Baseball by signing Jackie Robinson in 1947. A Hall of Famer, his influence on baseball is still profoundly felt today.

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“Baseball is a game of inches.”

Games Baseball Inches

Author:Branch Rickey

“A game of great charm in the adoption of mathematical measurements to the timing of human movements, the exactitudes and adjustments of physical ability to hazardous chance. The speed of the legs, the dexterity of the body, the grace of the swing, the elusiveness of the slide - these are the features that make Americans everywhere forget the last syllable of a man's last name or the pigmentation of his skin.”

“Ethnic prejudice has no place in sports, and baseball must recognize that truth if it is to maintain stature as a national game.”

Ifs Games Sports Baseball Prejudice Stature

Author:Branch Rickey

“Only in baseball can a team player be a pure individualist first and a team player second, within the rules and spirit of the game.”

Firsts Spirit Games Player Team Pure Baseball Team Spirit Team Player

Book:The American diamond: a documentary of the game of baseball

Source: The American diamond: a documentary of the game of baseball

“There never has been a man in the game who could put mind and muscle together quicker and with better judgment than Robinson.”

Men Mind Together Games Judgment Muscles Jackie

Author:Branch Rickey

“I cannot face my God much longer knowing that his black creatures are held separate and distinct from his white creatures in the game that has given me all that I can call my own.”

I Can Faces Games Given Black My Own White Knowing Creatures

Author:Branch Rickey

“The greatest untapped reservoir of raw material in the history of our game is the black race.”

Games Black Race Materials Raw Materials Reservoirs Black Race

Author:Branch Rickey

About the Author

Born: December 20, 1881
Died: December 9, 1965
Known for: Baseball player
Quotes: 51

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