- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Black
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- Nov 07, 2020
And I'd be lying if I told you that as a black man in baseball I hadn't gone through worse times than my teammates.
- Nov 07, 2020
Baseball regards us as sheep.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
But I want you to know that what I'm doing here I'm doing as a ballplayer, a major league ballplayer.
- Environment
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- Nov 07, 2020
Customary though it may be to write about that institutionalized pastime as though it existed apart from the general environment, my story does not lend itself to such treatment.
- Fame
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- Nov 07, 2020
I lost money, coaching jobs, a shot at the Hall of Fame.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was leaving probably one of the greatest organizations in hte world at that time for what was probably one of the least like, and, by God, this is America.
- General Manager
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was told by the general manager that a white player had received a higher raise than me. Because white people required more money to live than black people. That is why I wasn't going to get a raise.
- Ever
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'd often wondered what would I do if I were ever traded, because it happened many, many times.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'll also say, yes, I think the change in black consciuosness in recent years has made me more sensitive to injustice in every area of my life.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a child of the sixties, I'm a man of the sixties. During that period of time this country was coming apart at the seams. We were in Southeast Asia. Good men were dying for America and for the Constitution.
- Human
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a human being I'm not a piece of property. I am not a consignment of goods.
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you destroyed the underpinnings of this great American sport, you are a hated, ugly, detestable person.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
People try to make a Greek tragedy of my life, and they can't do it. I'm too happy.
- Remember
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- Nov 07, 2020
Remember when I told you about the American dream? That if you worked hard enough and tried hard enough and kicked yourself in the butt, you'd succeed? Well, I think I did, I think I did.
- Baseball
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- Nov 07, 2020