Robinson playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers
Jackie Robinson is notoriously known for singlehandedly changing the course of sports in the United States and in the world. Unlike any other African American athlete to have “broken the color barrier”, Robinson was most widely associated with the term. As depicted in the 2013 film 42, Robinson was the first African American to ever play in Major League Baseball.
For those of you who don’t know who Pete Rose is, he is a baseball legend that many consider to be one of the best to ever play the game. He played for the Cincinnati Reds between 1963 and 1986. At the time of his retirement from playing, Rose held the record for hits, games played, at bats, and several other impressive records. After he stopped playing, Rose became a manager for the Reds. Soon into his managing career, however, there was an investigation into Rose and allegations of him betting on games as a manager. In 1989 the commissioner of baseball at the time, Bart Giamatti (sound familiar?) banned Rose from baseball for life.
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