I finally got the chance to watch the movie “42” this past weekend. It is the story of the legendary Jackie Robinson’s journey toward breaking the long standing “color barrier” in Major League Baseball.
Everybody knows the story of Robinson, but one nugget in the movie – and 100 percent true part of the story – really stuck out for me.
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