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this idea. Branch Rickey had signed

him for the Brooklyn Dodgers if

he agreed to ignore all the racist

comments by the spectators in the

field. After his approval, Rickey

signed Robinson for $600 a month.

Robinson was the first black citizen

to ever play in a professional league.

Many other players were signed after

him because all professional players

that practiced every day, regardless

of their skin color, had tremendous The pitching and hitting ratio had

talent. favored the pitchers by the end of

Chapter 3: Present Day the 1960s. In 1968 a Boston Red