Tasty Mystery Baskets of Clips

There was a long road ahead.
...and Robinson is able to trot home for the first run...
Put him in the car and, uh, start driving to Daytona Beach. Now.
There you go, Pee Wee!
Well, it's been double trouble...
It'll be fine.
I need to know your attitude towards Jackie Robinson.
You like white women, huh?
- I would like, um... - What do you want?
You don't belong here, nigger!
I want you to know I'm pulling for you to make good.
Robinson can either play or he can't.
Young man.
Four-sport college man, out of UCLA. That means he's played with white boys.
Well, I'd just like to play ball, sir. That's all.
Where's the car?
Oh, say can you see
I'd follow you anywhere, Mr. Robinson.
When you gonna start throwing for real?
Fritz Ostermueller on the mound.
He's only the first, boys.
I apologize.
We can't go wrong. Find him.
So the Giants got Mize batting cleanup.
We've done everything the right way. We have.
Jack Roosevelt Robinson.
Hey, man. Ralph Branca.
For what?
May I please use your telephone?
"I sympathize with you" means "I suffer with you."
- Whoa! - You can't hit that?
I don't want to make anyone feel uncomfortable.
That's why they're throwing the fastballs inside.
Hello, everybody.
Let's do this. You ought to be careful in this sunshine.
You don't have the right to pull out from the backing of people...
Come on, take a shower with me, Jackie.
You want it?
Me
Elliott gobbles it up and makes the long toss across the diamond.
...and to make room for him, I'll send my own brother home.
- Why? - Because it's against the law, that's why.
Hey, runner!
- Jackie! - All right!
Maybe it'll do you some good the way you been swinging the bat.
Hey! Hey, Nigger boy!
Robinson, turn around! Come on, come on, Mr. Robinson.
But baseball isn't tennis.
Come on, Burt.
That our flag was still there
Yeah. Good luck, Hop.
...I promised the missus I'd never put on another uniform again.
You can win this game for us.
No, not particularly.
...holding off all challengers.
Oh, he's getting by on a quick release. His arm's too weak for short.
O'er the ramparts we watched
Just trying to do our job, Rickey.
...but for teams like the Kansas City Monarchs of the Negro Leagues...
California.
Greetings.
When they head north on Tuesday for opening day with Jersey City...
Team stops at a restaurant. Waiter won't take your order.
I said take it out.
I see you starting in spring with our affiliate in Montreal.
The commissioner of what?
That's okay.
We don't want no niggers here!
No, I mean your entire team has been refused.
It's just a walk.
Take that monkey out now!
Does Jackie know?
You get us back on that plane.
I'm still trying to make Montreal.
I agree.
I don't even care if they respect me. I know who I am.
Back.
Even here in Sanford.
But there's gonna be The New York Times and the Sporting News.
What if one of these white pitchers throws at you?
And barring a miracle comeback...
A reporter?
Shoot!
nigger nigger nigger
And so with the 1947 season about to begin...
They're giving you a chance! Do something about it!
Through the perilous fight
He's creating sympathy on Jackie's behalf.
- That's it. You go home, all right? - All right, that's enough!
...and plenty of money...
He says it's gonna be in every sports page across the country.
I was only six months older than you are now.
We need a player with a future, not a past.
I don't think it matters what I believe.
You know...
...that former Yankee manager Joe McCarthy has turned down the request...
Come on, Jackie!
NIGGER
All right, Higbe, shake it off, there.
Jackie, I'm Mr. Brock.
I don't know. Think he's getting another one.
What are you afraid of?
Hey! nigger!
And the FBI.
Well, throw it over there! What are you waiting for?
That's where Africans play, ain't it?
...on the same field as Jackie Robinson."
I just found out today. The best I can do.
Let's go!
Stand up tall, Jackie!
None whatsoever. Can I go back to sleep now?
A win and the Dodgers will have clinched the National League pennant...
There you are!
- Heh. Branca? - Yeah.
There, you see?
Who are you?
me when me when KFC
Where y'all from, anyhow?
The next white son of a bitch that opens his mouth...
You're out!
"We, the undersigned Brooklyn Dodgers, will not play ball...
I'll play an elephant if he can help us win...
This is about baseball, Jackie.