My thoughts of the Dodgers go back further - to Branch Rickey telling Jackie Robinson he needed someone who had the courage not to fight back - not to fight all the racial slurs and threats he would receive as the 1st MLB black ballplayer. And how those two really changed our society.
Thanks. Appreciate the class act.
Through the years I have rooted for the Dodgers and rooted against them, but I will be forever grateful to them for giving me one of the most shocking and gratifying moments as a sports fan -- the Gibson homer off Eckersley. Still gets me when I watch the video of Vin Scully's call.
