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1. There is no Escape
   ... team level. The Los Angeles Dodgers have most recently been the center of attention due to the top media coverage of the team. The ...
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2. jackie robinson
   ... While Jackie was playing in the Negro Leagues, Branch Rickey, the Los Angeles Dodgers manager was secretly sending out scouts to look at Jackie and other ...
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3. Pedro Martinez
   ... In 1984, the Dodgers gave Ramon a contract to play in the minor leagues. This motivated Pedro a lot seeing his brother making his way to the major leagues. ...
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4. Jackie Robinson
   Whether he liked it or not, he played the star role in the integration of society during the time that he played Major League Baseball with the Brooklyn Dodgers ...
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5. blacks in baseball
   ... While Jackie was playing in the Negro Leagues, Branch Rickey, the Los Angeles Dodgers manager was secretly sending out scouts to look at Jackie and other ...
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6. Jackie Robinson
   ... to leave the Kansas City Monarchs after playing for them for only one season, Robinson signed a contract to join the Montreal Royals, the Dodgers top minor ...
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7. Jackie RObinson
   ... This man was the general manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers. ... Rickey had plans to bring in a colored baseball star from the Negro Leagues, to join the Dodgers. ...
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8. Jackie Robinson
   ... Just one year later on August 8, 1945, he signed a contract with the Brooklyn Dodgers becoming the first AfricanAmerican in that century to be placed under a ...
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9. notes on Jackie RObinson
   ... Later he played in the 1946 season with the Montreal Royals, a Dodgers farm club, and led the International League in hitting with a .349 average. ...
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10. Jackie Robinson Breaking the Color Barrier
    ... In 1945, Branch Rickey, the owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers, was looking for a black player to break the color barrier and join the Major League Baseball ...
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11. Jackie Robinson
    ... On August 27, 1945 Robinson was brought to the Dodgers Office at 215 Montague Street. Jackie thought he was there for the Brown ...
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12. Discrimination
    ... Later that year, Robinson signed with Branch Rickey, the general manger of the Brooklyn Dodgers. Robinson spent the 1946 season ...
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13. Jack Roosevelt Robinson
    ... Later that year he signed with Branch Rickey the general manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers. ... A minor league affiliated of the Dodgers. ...
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14. Jackie Robinson Breaking the Color barrier
    ... In 1944 Jackie officially was on a Negro baseball team.Shorto,Russell p. 510 In 1945 Branch Rickey the owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers was looking for a black ...
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15. Jackie Robinson
    In 1947 Jackie Robinson was signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers and was the first black to do so. ... Shapiro, Milton J. Jackie Robinson of the Brooklyn Dodgers. ...
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16. the loneliest man
    ... Branch Rickey, owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers, had been scouring the country for months looking for a black ballplayer he felt could best withstand the pressure ...
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17. Jackie Robinson
    ... The Brooklyn Dodgers offered him a contract to play baseball. Jackie Robinson was going to play second base for the Brooklyn Dodgers. ...
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18. Worth Dying For
    ... They needed Jackie Robinson. The Brooklyn Dodgers needed Jackie Robinson. ... Branch Rickey, owner of the Dodgers, found that the end would justify the means. ...
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19. Jackie Robinson 3
    ... This led to a rigid color barrier which lasted all the way until 1947 when Jackie Robinson played his first game with the Brooklyn Dodgers.Celebrating the end ...
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20. history of basebal
    ... His plan became reality on April 15, 1947, when he signed Jackie Robinson to play for the Brooklyn Dodgers. In his first season ...
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21. Jackie RobinsonHis contributi
    ... In 1949, the armed forces were ampquotintegratedampquot Rhoads 2. This event caused the general manager of the Brooklyn Dodgersamp39, Branch Rickey, to notice Robinsonamp39s ...
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22. Americas Fallen PastimeHow Baseball Players Have Damaged a ...
    ... Bobby Thompsonamp39s ampquotShot Heard Round the Worldampquot, which captured the 1951 National League pennant for the New York Giants over the Brooklyn Dodgers, or Willie Mays ...
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23. juiced
    ... game. Kevin Elster of the Los Angeles Dodgers, who retired and didnamp39t even play last season, hit three homers in one game. Jermaine ...
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24. Jackie Robinson
    ... Jackie never thought that the man, Branch Rickey, would choose him. Jackie started his professional baseball career with the Dodgers. ...
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25. Civil Rights Movement
    In 1947, Branch Rickey of the New York Dodgers made history by signing Jackie Robinson to the Dodgers, the first African American major league baseball player. ...
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26. Hank Aaron
    ... They ended up in a fight with the Gaints, Dodgers, and the Pirates. ... At bottom of the fourth inning, the Dodgers were leading 31, a 10 count on Aaron. ...
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27. Jack Roosevelt Jackie Robinson
    ... famous. His talent was recognized by Branch Rickey of the Brooklyn Dodgers. ... Leagues. In 1946 he was signed to the Brooklyn Dodgers. ...
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28. Baseball
    ... At the core of both were the Brooklyn Dodgers, who in 1947 made Jackie Robinson the first AfricanAmerican to play in a Major League game this century. ...
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29. Violence in Sports1
    ... ampquotRon Camacho, one of three men arrested for disorderly conduct during last weekamp39s fight at the CubsDodgers game, has filed a lawsuit against both teams ...
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30. blackness of athletes
    ... batting .297 and leading the NL with 29 stolen bases, earning him the honor of being Rookie of the Year and being the leading force in taking the Dodgers to a ...
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