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Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:40,120 --> 00:00:44,921 In 1945, America's greatest generation came back from war. 2 00:00:47,040 --> 00:00:49,646 The flags of freedom fly over Europe. 3 00:00:51,320 --> 00:00:52,960 Nazi Germany had been defeated... 4 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:57,085 ...and three months later, Imperial Japan surrendered as well. 5 00:00:57,280 --> 00:00:59,647 And there's jubilation around this earth. 6 00:00:59,800 --> 00:01:04,169 Men returned home. Among them, some of baseball's most beloved names. 7 00:01:04,320 --> 00:01:07,449 Musial. DiMaggio. Williams. 8 00:01:07,600 --> 00:01:10,251 Life in the United States could return to normal. 9 00:01:10,400 --> 00:01:12,289 - What's the guy's name? - What's on second? 10 00:01:12,440 --> 00:01:13,840 - Who's on second? - Who's on first? 11 00:01:13,960 --> 00:01:15,086 - I don't know. - Third base. 12 00:01:16,440 --> 00:01:19,683 And baseball was proof positive that democracy was real. 13 00:01:19,840 --> 00:01:22,650 A baseball box score, after all, is a democratic thing. 14 00:01:22,800 --> 00:01:25,531 It doesn't say how big you are or what religion you follow. 15 00:01:25,680 --> 00:01:28,365 It does not know how you voted or the color of your skin. 16 00:01:28,560 --> 00:01:32,121 It simply states what kind of ballplayer you were on any particular day. 17 00:01:32,320 --> 00:01:33,924 And he did it. It's a home run. 18 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:35,923 They knew he'd do it. 19 00:01:36,080 --> 00:01:39,323 African Americans had served their country gallantly. 20 00:01:39,480 --> 00:01:42,529 They returned home from fighting to free the world from tyranny... 21 00:01:42,680 --> 00:01:46,526 ...only to find racism, segregation and Jim Crow law still waiting at home. 22 00:01:46,680 --> 00:01:49,047 Segregation was the law... 23 00:01:49,200 --> 00:01:52,443 ...and no group was more scrupulous in its observance of custom... 24 00:01:52,600 --> 00:01:54,170 ...than organized baseball. 25 00:01:54,320 --> 00:01:55,760 There was a long road ahead. 26 00:01:59,520 --> 00:02:01,887 If African Americans dreamed of playing baseball... 27 00:02:02,040 --> 00:02:03,690 ...it was not for the Yankees... 28 00:02:03,840 --> 00:02:07,208 ...but for teams like the Kansas City Monarchs of the Negro Leagues... 29 00:02:07,360 --> 00:02:11,001 ...where the barnstorming style of play stood in contrast to the Majors. 30 00:02:11,440 --> 00:02:14,330 In 1946, there were 16 Major League baseball teams... 31 00:02:14,480 --> 00:02:17,882 ...with a total of 400 players on their rosters. 32 00:02:18,040 --> 00:02:20,691 Every one of the 400 players were white. 33 00:02:20,840 --> 00:02:26,529 But when opening day came in 1947, that number dropped to 399... 34 00:02:26,680 --> 00:02:28,603 ...and one man stood apart. 35 00:02:48,240 --> 00:02:52,529 Gentlemen, I have a plan. 36 00:02:53,880 --> 00:02:56,611 Plan's good, Mr. Rickey. You always have one. 37 00:02:56,760 --> 00:02:59,445 My wife says I'm too old. Heh, heh. 38 00:03:01,360 --> 00:03:04,045 That my health's not up to it. 39 00:03:05,560 --> 00:03:09,121 My son says, uh, everybody in... 40 00:03:10,080 --> 00:03:14,290 Everybody in baseball is gonna be against me. Heh. 41 00:03:16,520 --> 00:03:18,522 But I'm gonna do it. 42 00:03:19,440 --> 00:03:21,602 Do what, Mr. Rickey? 43 00:03:22,440 --> 00:03:25,808 I'm gonna bring a Negro ballplayer... 44 00:03:26,800 --> 00:03:29,451 ...to the Brooklyn Dodgers. 45 00:03:37,440 --> 00:03:40,125 With all due respect, sir, have you lost your mind? 46 00:03:41,880 --> 00:03:44,406 Think... Think about... 47 00:03:45,960 --> 00:03:47,086 Think about the abuse... 48 00:03:47,240 --> 00:03:49,527 ...that you are gonna take from the newspapers... 49 00:03:49,680 --> 00:03:52,524 ...let alone how this is gonna play out in Flatbush! 50 00:03:53,080 --> 00:03:54,809 Please, Mr. Rickey. 51 00:03:55,040 --> 00:03:56,963 Sit down, Harold. 52 00:04:04,920 --> 00:04:07,491 No law against it, Clyde. 53 00:04:08,440 --> 00:04:09,965 No. 54 00:04:10,560 --> 00:04:12,801 No, but there's a code. 55 00:04:13,920 --> 00:04:17,527 You break a law and get away with it, some people think you're smart. 56 00:04:19,160 --> 00:04:21,401 You break an unwritten law... 57 00:04:22,680 --> 00:04:25,001 ...you'll be an outcast. 58 00:04:27,600 --> 00:04:29,364 So be it. 59 00:04:30,600 --> 00:04:34,446 New York's full of Negro baseball fans. 60 00:04:36,160 --> 00:04:41,121 Dollars aren't black and white, they're green. 61 00:04:41,280 --> 00:04:43,726 Every dollar's green. 62 00:04:45,200 --> 00:04:47,248 I don't know who he is... 63 00:04:48,040 --> 00:04:49,883 ...or where he is... 64 00:04:51,720 --> 00:04:53,643 ...but he's coming. 65 00:04:57,400 --> 00:04:58,811 Hey, runner! 66 00:04:58,960 --> 00:05:02,169 Where'd you learn to move like that, at a dime-a-dance night? 67 00:05:02,360 --> 00:05:03,850 Stand still! 68 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:05,411 There you are! 69 00:05:06,880 --> 00:05:07,881 Ball! 70 00:05:09,720 --> 00:05:11,484 Safe! 71 00:05:12,240 --> 00:05:13,526 Catcher! 72 00:05:13,680 --> 00:05:15,569 When you gonna start throwing for real? 73 00:05:15,720 --> 00:05:17,006 You talking to me? 74 00:05:17,160 --> 00:05:19,162 You got a rag arm, catcher. 75 00:05:19,560 --> 00:05:22,530 Steal home. You'll find out what kind of arm I got. 76 00:05:22,680 --> 00:05:24,444 Okay. 77 00:05:24,640 --> 00:05:25,766 I'm coming. 78 00:05:27,080 --> 00:05:28,764 Where's your shortstop from? 79 00:05:28,920 --> 00:05:30,081 California. 80 00:05:30,240 --> 00:05:32,402 Sure got a mouth on him. 81 00:05:42,360 --> 00:05:43,407 Safe! 82 00:05:56,640 --> 00:05:59,769 Discussions concerning Japan's offer of surrender. 83 00:05:59,960 --> 00:06:02,406 Washington, London, Moscow, and Chungking... 84 00:06:02,560 --> 00:06:04,608 ...now framing their decision. 85 00:06:04,800 --> 00:06:08,122 When this decision will be communicated to Tokyo via the government's... 86 00:06:08,280 --> 00:06:10,647 - Fill her up? - Yes, sir. 87 00:06:13,720 --> 00:06:16,451 - You boys heading out? - Uh, Chicago. 88 00:06:16,680 --> 00:06:18,409 Chicago, huh? Heh. 89 00:06:19,040 --> 00:06:22,283 - You boys get around. - Yeah, we sure do. 90 00:06:24,400 --> 00:06:27,563 - Hey. Hey, you, where you going? - To the toilet. 91 00:06:28,440 --> 00:06:31,410 Hell, come on, boy. You know you can't go in there. 92 00:06:40,280 --> 00:06:42,123 Them Cokes are a nickel. 93 00:06:52,120 --> 00:06:53,645 Take that hose out of the tank. 94 00:06:53,800 --> 00:06:55,484 - Robinson. - What? 95 00:06:56,160 --> 00:06:57,969 I said take it out. 96 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:01,685 We'll get our 99 gallons of gas some place else. 97 00:07:15,760 --> 00:07:18,525 All right, then. Go on. 98 00:07:18,800 --> 00:07:20,450 Go on! Use it. 99 00:07:24,800 --> 00:07:26,484 Roy Campanella. 100 00:07:26,640 --> 00:07:31,168 Hell of a player. He's too sweet. They'd eat him alive. 101 00:07:31,320 --> 00:07:32,810 All right. 102 00:07:32,960 --> 00:07:36,282 Oh, sorry. Oh, wait. Sorry. 103 00:07:37,800 --> 00:07:39,723 - Satchel Paige, then. - He's too old. 104 00:07:40,200 --> 00:07:42,362 We need a player with a future, not a past. 105 00:07:44,480 --> 00:07:45,925 Here. 106 00:07:46,080 --> 00:07:47,809 Jack Roosevelt Robinson. 107 00:07:48,640 --> 00:07:53,407 Four-sport college man, out of UCLA. That means he's played with white boys. 108 00:07:53,800 --> 00:07:56,724 Playing for the Kansas City Monarchs. 109 00:07:56,880 --> 00:08:00,407 Twenty-six years old. He's batting .350. Three-fifty. 110 00:08:01,520 --> 00:08:03,363 Methodist. 111 00:08:03,520 --> 00:08:04,851 Commissioned Army officer. 112 00:08:05,040 --> 00:08:06,371 He was court-martialed. 113 00:08:07,520 --> 00:08:09,090 He's a troublemaker. 114 00:08:09,280 --> 00:08:11,567 Well, he argues with umpires. 115 00:08:11,760 --> 00:08:13,524 A quick temper is his reputation. 116 00:08:13,720 --> 00:08:15,600 Well, what was he court-martialed for? 117 00:08:15,720 --> 00:08:20,009 Wouldn't sit in the back of a military bus. Fort Hood, Texas. 118 00:08:20,160 --> 00:08:23,084 Driver asked him to, uh, move back. 119 00:08:24,800 --> 00:08:26,768 MPs had to take him off. 120 00:08:27,720 --> 00:08:28,846 There, you see? 121 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:32,163 I see he resents segregation. 122 00:08:34,320 --> 00:08:37,688 If he were white, we'd call that spirit. 123 00:08:38,360 --> 00:08:39,691 Robinson's a Methodist. 124 00:08:40,600 --> 00:08:43,763 I'm a Methodist. God's a Methodist. 125 00:08:43,960 --> 00:08:47,089 We can't go wrong. Find him. 126 00:08:47,800 --> 00:08:49,404 Bring him here. 127 00:08:49,560 --> 00:08:54,600 How are you, fellas? I'm looking for your, uh, shortstop. 128 00:09:01,960 --> 00:09:03,121 You Jackie Robinson? 129 00:09:05,720 --> 00:09:07,484 Who are you? 130 00:09:10,640 --> 00:09:11,926 Mr. Rickey. 131 00:09:12,760 --> 00:09:14,250 What's this about? 132 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:31,606 This is about baseball, Jackie. 133 00:09:34,360 --> 00:09:38,684 I see you starting in spring with our affiliate in Montreal. 134 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:41,968 If you make it there... 135 00:09:43,640 --> 00:09:45,688 ...we'll try you down here... 136 00:09:46,160 --> 00:09:47,241 ...with the Dodgers. 137 00:09:49,440 --> 00:09:51,966 With the white Brooklyn Dodgers. 138 00:09:55,680 --> 00:09:58,490 I'll pay you $600 a month. 139 00:09:59,200 --> 00:10:03,762 And a $3500 bonus when you sign the contract. 140 00:10:03,920 --> 00:10:04,967 That agreeable? 141 00:10:06,440 --> 00:10:09,444 - Yes, that's fine but... - There's one condition. 142 00:10:09,720 --> 00:10:13,770 I know you can hit behind the runner. That you can read a pitch. 143 00:10:14,120 --> 00:10:16,327 One question is... 144 00:10:16,480 --> 00:10:18,528 ...can you control your temper? 145 00:10:19,440 --> 00:10:20,487 My temper? 146 00:10:20,680 --> 00:10:22,967 Yes, your temper! What are you, deaf? 147 00:10:23,720 --> 00:10:28,726 A black man in white baseball, heh, can you imagine the reaction? 148 00:10:28,880 --> 00:10:31,008 The vitriol? 149 00:10:33,640 --> 00:10:38,567 Dodgers check into a hotel, a, uh, a decent, good hotel. 150 00:10:38,720 --> 00:10:41,041 You're worn out from the road. 151 00:10:41,240 --> 00:10:44,926 Some clerk won't give you the pen to sign in with. 152 00:10:45,120 --> 00:10:49,682 "We got no room for you, boy. Not even down in the coal bin where you belong." 153 00:10:49,840 --> 00:10:53,811 Team stops at a restaurant. Waiter won't take your order. 154 00:10:54,000 --> 00:10:57,891 "Didn't you see the sign on the door? No niggers allowed." 155 00:10:58,040 --> 00:11:01,840 What are you gonna do then? Fight him? Ruin all my plans? 156 00:11:03,560 --> 00:11:06,040 Answer me, you black son of a bitch! 157 00:11:11,840 --> 00:11:14,605 You want a player who doesn't have the guts to fight back? 158 00:11:16,360 --> 00:11:17,725 No. 159 00:11:19,080 --> 00:11:20,605 No. 160 00:11:21,480 --> 00:11:26,088 I want a player who's got the guts not to fight back. 161 00:11:27,480 --> 00:11:29,767 People aren't gonna like this. 162 00:11:30,240 --> 00:11:34,040 They're gonna do anything to get you to react. 163 00:11:34,200 --> 00:11:38,125 Echo a curse with a curse and, uh, they'll hear only yours. 164 00:11:38,280 --> 00:11:42,968 Follow a blow with a blow and they'll say, "The Negro lost his temper." 165 00:11:43,120 --> 00:11:46,169 That "The Negro does not belong." 166 00:11:46,320 --> 00:11:48,641 Your enemy will be out in force... 167 00:11:48,800 --> 00:11:52,247 ...and you cannot meet him on his own low ground. 168 00:11:52,720 --> 00:11:56,964 We win with hitting, running, fielding. Only that. 169 00:11:57,120 --> 00:12:01,330 We win if the world is convinced of two things: 170 00:12:01,480 --> 00:12:05,804 That you are a fine gentleman and a great baseball player. 171 00:12:10,240 --> 00:12:12,527 Like our Savior... 172 00:12:13,080 --> 00:12:15,162 ...you gotta have the guts... 173 00:12:15,760 --> 00:12:17,649 ...to turn the other cheek. 174 00:12:18,600 --> 00:12:20,409 Can you do it? 175 00:12:36,840 --> 00:12:40,561 You give me a uniform... 176 00:12:42,600 --> 00:12:47,208 ...you give me a, heh, number on my back... 177 00:12:50,360 --> 00:12:52,362 ...and I'll give you the guts. 178 00:12:59,320 --> 00:13:00,446 Hello? 179 00:13:00,600 --> 00:13:02,011 Rae... 180 00:13:03,480 --> 00:13:05,005 Jack. 181 00:13:06,560 --> 00:13:08,050 I'm in Brooklyn. 182 00:13:09,600 --> 00:13:11,841 Brooklyn? For what? 183 00:13:13,880 --> 00:13:16,804 I don't want to say on the phone. 184 00:13:17,200 --> 00:13:20,682 In fact, I'm not supposed to tell anyone. 185 00:13:21,640 --> 00:13:25,565 What's going on? Aren't you supposed to be playing in Chicago? 186 00:13:27,520 --> 00:13:30,683 We've been tested, you and me. 187 00:13:32,240 --> 00:13:35,687 We've done everything the right way. We have. 188 00:13:36,240 --> 00:13:41,121 Me trying to make money, you finishing school. 189 00:13:42,040 --> 00:13:43,724 We don't owe the world a thing. 190 00:13:44,200 --> 00:13:45,611 Only each other. 191 00:13:45,800 --> 00:13:49,566 Jack, what are you talking about? What is going on? What happened? 192 00:13:50,760 --> 00:13:52,410 Will you marry me, Rae? 193 00:13:56,400 --> 00:13:57,925 Absolutely. 194 00:14:00,520 --> 00:14:01,931 Yes. Yes. 195 00:14:04,560 --> 00:14:05,607 When? 196 00:14:07,680 --> 00:14:09,762 How about right now? 197 00:14:14,920 --> 00:14:17,048 Did my mom look happy? 198 00:14:17,880 --> 00:14:21,407 Yes. You know your mother loves me. 199 00:14:22,200 --> 00:14:24,282 Did my gram look happy? 200 00:14:24,640 --> 00:14:26,210 Yes. 201 00:14:29,800 --> 00:14:31,211 My brother look happy? 202 00:14:34,280 --> 00:14:36,328 - Heh, your brother? - Ha, ha. 203 00:14:37,280 --> 00:14:41,968 Everyone looked happy. I've never seen so many happy-looking people. 204 00:14:44,720 --> 00:14:46,688 Did Jack Robinson look happy? 205 00:14:51,800 --> 00:14:53,689 What if I can't make you happy? 206 00:14:55,080 --> 00:14:56,650 Too late. 207 00:14:57,080 --> 00:14:58,809 You already do. 208 00:15:00,440 --> 00:15:02,488 It's you and me, Rae. 209 00:15:12,480 --> 00:15:14,767 - Till the wheels fall off. - Hmm. 210 00:15:16,320 --> 00:15:19,164 Oh, Jack, the world is waiting for us. 211 00:15:19,320 --> 00:15:22,767 The world can wait one more night. 212 00:15:24,360 --> 00:15:26,840 Are you coming, Mrs. Robinson? 213 00:15:29,120 --> 00:15:31,691 I'd follow you anywhere, Mr. Robinson. 214 00:15:32,280 --> 00:15:33,805 Okay. 215 00:15:35,360 --> 00:15:37,124 Okay. 216 00:15:45,720 --> 00:15:48,041 Flight to Pensacola leaves in an hour. 217 00:15:48,200 --> 00:15:50,521 Flight to Pensacola leaves in an hour. 218 00:15:50,880 --> 00:15:55,761 "Flight to Pensacola leaves in an hour. Flight to Pensacola leaves in an hour." 219 00:15:57,520 --> 00:15:59,045 Are you okay? 220 00:16:00,520 --> 00:16:02,682 I've just never seen one before. 221 00:16:07,720 --> 00:16:10,690 Yeah, we're not in Pasadena anymore. 222 00:16:15,360 --> 00:16:16,885 Rae? 223 00:16:18,360 --> 00:16:19,407 Rae? 224 00:16:22,160 --> 00:16:23,730 Rae! 225 00:16:29,480 --> 00:16:31,642 Oh, boy. 226 00:16:35,520 --> 00:16:37,761 We have to lighten the plane. 227 00:16:38,520 --> 00:16:41,046 There's some bad weather east of here. 228 00:16:41,200 --> 00:16:43,931 A heavy plane is dangerous. 229 00:16:45,600 --> 00:16:47,568 So someone'll have to cancel. 230 00:16:47,720 --> 00:16:51,770 Look, I'm with the Brooklyn Dodger organization. 231 00:16:51,920 --> 00:16:53,331 I have to get down to Daytona. 232 00:16:53,480 --> 00:16:56,086 I'm supposed to report to spring training in the morning. 233 00:16:56,280 --> 00:16:59,887 We'll do our best to get you there by tomorrow, but it might be the day after. 234 00:17:00,080 --> 00:17:02,287 - Jack. - Right this way. 235 00:17:06,560 --> 00:17:07,766 You gave away our seats? 236 00:17:10,680 --> 00:17:12,887 You get us back on that plane. 237 00:17:13,800 --> 00:17:16,201 You get us back on that plane right now. 238 00:17:18,080 --> 00:17:19,923 Do you wanna call the sheriff... 239 00:17:20,360 --> 00:17:21,964 ...or should I? 240 00:17:40,440 --> 00:17:41,771 Watch your step. 241 00:17:41,920 --> 00:17:44,287 Oop, there he is. There's my boy. 242 00:17:50,440 --> 00:17:53,125 Folks, stand back, we'll get the bags out. 243 00:17:55,600 --> 00:17:56,647 Jackie Robinson. 244 00:17:59,400 --> 00:18:00,845 Wendell Smith. 245 00:18:02,840 --> 00:18:04,046 Pittsburgh Courier. 246 00:18:04,800 --> 00:18:05,926 A reporter? 247 00:18:09,080 --> 00:18:12,846 Mr. Rickey sent me to meet you. I'm gonna be your Boswell. 248 00:18:13,880 --> 00:18:15,041 My who? 249 00:18:15,200 --> 00:18:16,486 Your chronicler. 250 00:18:16,880 --> 00:18:18,848 Your advance man. 251 00:18:19,200 --> 00:18:21,487 Hell, even your chauffeur. 252 00:18:21,640 --> 00:18:22,971 Mrs. Robinson. 253 00:18:23,160 --> 00:18:24,525 It's Rachel. 254 00:18:24,960 --> 00:18:27,327 Man, you two looked wiped out. 255 00:18:29,440 --> 00:18:30,521 You got a car? 256 00:18:34,600 --> 00:18:39,367 Brooklyn plays downtown. Montreal just a few blocks from here. 257 00:18:54,760 --> 00:18:56,888 Joe and Duff Harris live here. 258 00:18:57,640 --> 00:19:01,406 He gets out the Negro vote. He does a lot of good for colored people. 259 00:19:01,760 --> 00:19:04,161 Now, Mr. Rickey set it up himself. 260 00:19:05,240 --> 00:19:07,720 "If the Robinsons can't stay at the hotels... 261 00:19:07,880 --> 00:19:10,963 ...they should stay some place that represents something." 262 00:19:11,200 --> 00:19:14,010 You'll stay here all but a few days at the end of the week... 263 00:19:14,160 --> 00:19:18,927 ...when the Dodger organization goes to Sanford. It's about 45 minutes away. 264 00:19:19,360 --> 00:19:20,646 You'll stay here, Rachel. 265 00:19:20,840 --> 00:19:23,844 This'll be your home when Jackie has to travel. 266 00:19:25,800 --> 00:19:27,609 Uh, where are the other wives staying? 267 00:19:27,760 --> 00:19:30,001 Welcome to Daytona Beach. 268 00:19:30,720 --> 00:19:33,041 - There are no other wives. - You must be Jackie. 269 00:19:33,200 --> 00:19:36,329 You're the only one that Mr. Rickey allowed to spring training. 270 00:19:38,840 --> 00:19:41,446 - Thank you. - Mm-hm. After you. 271 00:19:43,520 --> 00:19:44,601 Come on, now, skip. 272 00:19:44,720 --> 00:19:46,768 All right, here we go, boys! 273 00:19:47,360 --> 00:19:49,840 - I got it! I got it! - I got it! 274 00:19:51,560 --> 00:19:52,971 That was a pretty big hop, there. 275 00:19:53,120 --> 00:19:54,360 - You got the hop! - Ha, ha. 276 00:19:54,520 --> 00:19:58,286 Spring training. It's where we work out our differences. 277 00:20:09,200 --> 00:20:10,645 All right! 278 00:20:10,800 --> 00:20:13,963 You boys continue to pretend you're ballplayers. 279 00:20:14,680 --> 00:20:16,648 - Morning, Leo. - Good morning, Mr. Rickey. 280 00:20:17,560 --> 00:20:18,766 How are they doing? 281 00:20:18,920 --> 00:20:22,641 They're rusty, but we'll have them oiled up in no time, ready to go. 282 00:20:22,800 --> 00:20:24,290 Oop. 283 00:20:29,320 --> 00:20:31,049 First day of spring training. 284 00:20:32,120 --> 00:20:34,851 Pittsburgh Courier readers need to know how it feels. 285 00:20:35,680 --> 00:20:37,011 It's okay. 286 00:20:39,080 --> 00:20:41,082 That's not exactly a headline. 287 00:20:41,880 --> 00:20:43,370 It's all I got. 288 00:20:44,880 --> 00:20:49,488 Look, Jack, right now, it's just me asking you. 289 00:20:49,680 --> 00:20:52,843 But there's gonna be The New York Times and the Sporting News. 290 00:20:53,000 --> 00:20:56,322 - You should think about it. - If they ask something, I'll answer it. 291 00:20:56,520 --> 00:20:58,124 Okay, well here's one for you: 292 00:20:58,280 --> 00:21:00,886 What if one of these white pitchers throws at you? 293 00:21:04,840 --> 00:21:08,367 Look, they're gonna try to get under your skin. You need to be ready. 294 00:21:08,520 --> 00:21:10,329 Listen, listen. 295 00:21:11,760 --> 00:21:13,091 You know... 296 00:21:13,240 --> 00:21:15,083 You know how when you're at the plate... 297 00:21:15,240 --> 00:21:17,686 ...you want to see the ball come in slow? 298 00:21:18,160 --> 00:21:21,004 You want to see these questions come in slow too. 299 00:21:24,880 --> 00:21:28,726 Hey, Jackie. Jackie, you think you can make it with these white boys? 300 00:21:28,880 --> 00:21:33,966 Uh, I had no problems with white men in the service or at UCLA. 301 00:21:34,120 --> 00:21:37,044 What you gonna do if one of these pitchers throws at your head? 302 00:21:37,200 --> 00:21:38,725 Yeah, Jack. 303 00:21:42,200 --> 00:21:43,884 - I'll duck. - Heh, that's a good one. 304 00:21:44,040 --> 00:21:46,042 Hey, Jack, what's your natural position? 305 00:21:47,360 --> 00:21:49,203 I've been playing shortstop. 306 00:21:49,360 --> 00:21:51,931 Are you after Pee Wee Reese's job? 307 00:21:53,880 --> 00:21:55,723 Reese plays for Brooklyn. 308 00:21:56,240 --> 00:21:57,969 I'm still trying to make Montreal. 309 00:21:58,120 --> 00:22:01,647 Hey, Jack. Hey, Jack, is this about politics? 310 00:22:01,840 --> 00:22:03,046 It's about getting paid. 311 00:22:03,200 --> 00:22:06,249 "About getting paid." Hear what he said? "It's about getting paid." 312 00:22:06,400 --> 00:22:07,526 He's gotta be kidding. 313 00:22:07,760 --> 00:22:09,808 Yeah. Good luck, Hop. 314 00:22:12,240 --> 00:22:15,130 Clay, Jackie Robinson. 315 00:22:15,280 --> 00:22:19,922 Jackie, I'd like you to meet Clay Hopper. Manager of the Montreal Royals. 316 00:22:20,080 --> 00:22:22,481 Jack. They call me Hop. 317 00:22:22,680 --> 00:22:26,446 Now, we ain't doing much today. Just tossing the ball around, hitting a few. 318 00:22:26,600 --> 00:22:30,002 You can probably toss with those fellows over there. 319 00:22:30,200 --> 00:22:32,123 Jorgensen, come here! 320 00:22:40,760 --> 00:22:43,764 You're not playing him at shortstop, huh, Clay? 321 00:22:43,960 --> 00:22:47,521 Oh, he's getting by on a quick release. His arm's too weak for short. 322 00:22:47,680 --> 00:22:50,081 I think second base is his spot. 323 00:22:51,080 --> 00:22:52,411 I agree. 324 00:22:54,360 --> 00:22:55,725 Clay... 325 00:22:56,360 --> 00:23:01,002 ...I need you to get the other players to act like gentlemen around him. 326 00:23:01,160 --> 00:23:03,049 Treat him like they would any other teammate. 327 00:23:04,480 --> 00:23:08,087 - Be natural, work together in harmony. - Mm-hm. 328 00:23:15,800 --> 00:23:18,246 Got the double up! 329 00:23:18,400 --> 00:23:21,131 That was practically superhuman. 330 00:23:21,280 --> 00:23:23,169 Heh, "superhuman"? 331 00:23:23,320 --> 00:23:25,402 I mean, don't get carried away, Mr. Rickey. 332 00:23:25,560 --> 00:23:27,562 That's still a nigger out there. 333 00:23:31,720 --> 00:23:35,167 Come on in now. Grab a bat. Who's up? 334 00:23:35,640 --> 00:23:37,608 Nice job, boys! 335 00:23:40,200 --> 00:23:44,922 Clay, I realize that attitude is part of your cultural heritage. 336 00:23:45,080 --> 00:23:49,688 That you practically nursed race prejudice at your mother's breast... 337 00:23:49,840 --> 00:23:51,888 ...so I'll let that go. 338 00:23:53,520 --> 00:23:56,330 But I will tell you this: 339 00:23:56,480 --> 00:24:01,168 You will either manage Robinson fairly and correctly... 340 00:24:01,520 --> 00:24:04,649 ...or you, sir, can be unemployed. 341 00:24:08,600 --> 00:24:10,170 Yes, sir. 342 00:24:10,760 --> 00:24:13,366 Let's go! Come on, guys, let's go! 343 00:24:13,680 --> 00:24:15,921 Way to turn two, Jackie. 344 00:24:25,160 --> 00:24:27,208 Well, well, lookie here. 345 00:24:28,200 --> 00:24:31,409 Jackie, I'm Mr. Brock. 346 00:24:32,600 --> 00:24:34,648 Welcome to Sanford, Florida. 347 00:24:34,800 --> 00:24:36,643 Thank you for having us. 348 00:24:36,800 --> 00:24:40,202 The day belongs to decent-minded people. 349 00:24:41,920 --> 00:24:44,400 - Wendell, always good to see you. - You as well. 350 00:24:44,560 --> 00:24:47,086 Yeah, well, the wife's inside cooking. 351 00:24:47,240 --> 00:24:50,210 You know what she asked me? She asked me this morning: 352 00:24:50,720 --> 00:24:53,041 What do you serve when a hero's coming to dinner? 353 00:24:53,200 --> 00:24:56,409 Heh, um, Mr. Brock, I'm just a ballplayer. 354 00:24:56,560 --> 00:24:57,721 Oh, no, no. 355 00:24:57,880 --> 00:25:01,851 You tell that to all the little colored boys playing baseball in Florida today. 356 00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:05,288 To them, you a hero. 357 00:25:18,160 --> 00:25:20,288 - Here you go, ma'am. - Thank you, sir. 358 00:25:20,960 --> 00:25:22,086 Here you go. 359 00:25:22,240 --> 00:25:24,720 Scorecards, get your scorecards here! 360 00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:29,765 Scorecards here! Get your scorecards here! 361 00:25:30,960 --> 00:25:33,804 Ed! You stay where I can see you. 362 00:25:33,960 --> 00:25:36,611 Mom, I'm 10 years old! 363 00:25:36,800 --> 00:25:38,450 Come on. 364 00:25:41,320 --> 00:25:44,449 Welcome to the inner-league game between the Brooklyn Dodgers... 365 00:25:44,640 --> 00:25:47,211 ...and their Minor League affiliate, the Montreal Royals. 366 00:25:49,840 --> 00:25:51,683 There you go, Pee Wee! 367 00:25:51,840 --> 00:25:53,808 Now coming to bat for the Royals... 368 00:25:53,960 --> 00:25:56,122 ...number nine, Jackie Robinson. 369 00:25:58,040 --> 00:25:59,485 Get out of here! 370 00:25:59,640 --> 00:26:01,961 Stand up tall, Jackie! 371 00:26:03,400 --> 00:26:04,561 Get out, nigger! 372 00:26:04,720 --> 00:26:07,326 Jack's got a thick skin. He'll be okay. 373 00:26:09,040 --> 00:26:10,610 Well, how about you? 374 00:26:11,480 --> 00:26:13,005 I better get one in a hurry, heh. 375 00:26:13,160 --> 00:26:14,605 Have pride, Jackie! 376 00:26:20,080 --> 00:26:23,084 Look. Look, there he is, black as the ace of spades! 377 00:26:23,240 --> 00:26:26,642 Hey, nigger boy! What are you doing playing baseball? 378 00:26:26,800 --> 00:26:28,040 Hit a home run, Jackie! 379 00:26:28,200 --> 00:26:32,000 Please, God, let Jackie show them what we can do. 380 00:26:33,360 --> 00:26:35,488 - Please. - All right, now, Jackie Robinson! 381 00:26:35,640 --> 00:26:36,766 Let's go, Jackie! 382 00:26:54,600 --> 00:26:56,090 Come on, Jackie! 383 00:26:57,320 --> 00:26:58,367 Ball! 384 00:27:08,040 --> 00:27:11,203 They're giving you a chance! Do something about it! 385 00:27:14,400 --> 00:27:16,880 Let's go, Higbe! Shut him down right here! 386 00:27:18,720 --> 00:27:20,290 Ball! 387 00:27:23,960 --> 00:27:25,962 Durocher, tell him to throw some strikes! 388 00:27:26,160 --> 00:27:27,241 Let him hit! 389 00:27:27,400 --> 00:27:28,890 Come on now, come on now! 390 00:27:29,080 --> 00:27:31,367 He ain't scared of you, Higbe! 391 00:27:32,240 --> 00:27:33,890 You show him, Jackie! 392 00:27:36,080 --> 00:27:37,161 Ball! 393 00:27:38,920 --> 00:27:41,969 Come on, rook. Ain't you gonna swing at something? 394 00:27:42,120 --> 00:27:46,250 Higbe, just settle down. Let's get the ball over the plate now, all right? 395 00:27:53,800 --> 00:27:55,404 Ball four! 396 00:27:57,600 --> 00:28:00,126 You stink, Higbe! 397 00:28:02,840 --> 00:28:04,251 It's just a walk. 398 00:28:04,640 --> 00:28:06,688 Ha, ha, who can blame them? 399 00:28:07,440 --> 00:28:08,487 Good job, Jackie. 400 00:28:08,640 --> 00:28:11,610 Now coming to bat for the Royals... 401 00:28:11,760 --> 00:28:13,603 ...number 3, Spider Jorgensen. 402 00:28:18,240 --> 00:28:19,321 Let's go, Hig! 403 00:28:19,480 --> 00:28:21,289 All right, Higbe, shake it off, there. 404 00:28:21,440 --> 00:28:23,807 We got this, boy. We got this, boy. Let's do it. 405 00:28:27,360 --> 00:28:30,284 Well, throw it over there! What are you waiting for? 406 00:28:32,120 --> 00:28:33,724 Safe! 407 00:28:35,400 --> 00:28:36,970 Come on, pop up, Jack. 408 00:29:00,160 --> 00:29:01,810 Ball one! 409 00:29:04,240 --> 00:29:05,844 Yeah, Jackie! 410 00:29:18,920 --> 00:29:20,809 Heads up, Jack. Get the sign. 411 00:29:32,280 --> 00:29:33,960 - He's going! - Runner! Runner! 412 00:29:34,160 --> 00:29:35,721 - Come on, move! - Get back! 413 00:29:35,840 --> 00:29:37,604 Get him, Schultzy! Get him, Schultzy! 414 00:29:39,680 --> 00:29:41,045 Here we go! 415 00:29:41,200 --> 00:29:43,009 What are you gonna do now? Come on! 416 00:29:43,160 --> 00:29:44,321 Outside! Outside! 417 00:29:44,480 --> 00:29:47,211 On your horse, Bragan! On your horse! Outside! 418 00:29:47,360 --> 00:29:50,045 - Now! - Go, Stanky! Go, Stank! 419 00:29:56,320 --> 00:29:58,561 Hey, all right! 420 00:30:34,120 --> 00:30:36,248 Hey! Don't you know nothing? 421 00:30:36,880 --> 00:30:38,882 You're supposed to get back when I step off. 422 00:30:44,320 --> 00:30:47,529 What are you doing? You can dance with him later! Focus on the plate! 423 00:30:47,680 --> 00:30:52,004 Come on, now! Work the plate! Work the plate! 424 00:31:00,520 --> 00:31:04,127 Come on, Higbe, don't worry about the runner. Get this guy at the plate. 425 00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:09,206 Timeout! 426 00:31:09,360 --> 00:31:10,486 That's a balk. 427 00:31:10,680 --> 00:31:12,808 Runner, take home. 428 00:31:16,720 --> 00:31:18,245 Son of a bitch. 429 00:31:22,320 --> 00:31:24,288 He didn't come to play, he came to kill. 430 00:31:27,440 --> 00:31:29,442 What happened? I don't understand. 431 00:31:29,600 --> 00:31:33,730 The pitcher dropped the ball. It's a balk. Therefore, Jackie scores. 432 00:31:33,880 --> 00:31:35,484 But he didn't do anything. 433 00:31:35,640 --> 00:31:39,850 Oh, Mama, yes, he did. He discombobulated the man. 434 00:31:40,040 --> 00:31:42,361 He... What? 435 00:31:46,160 --> 00:31:48,401 I hope Jackie's sleeping all right. 436 00:31:48,640 --> 00:31:52,690 Chasing baseballs in the sun all day? Put me in my grave. 437 00:31:58,040 --> 00:32:01,931 - How they treating him out there? - Well, they treat him okay. 438 00:32:02,200 --> 00:32:04,248 As far as I can see. 439 00:32:10,120 --> 00:32:13,408 Well, you can find good people every place. 440 00:32:14,920 --> 00:32:17,127 Even here in Sanford. 441 00:32:20,320 --> 00:32:21,685 Is he in there? 442 00:32:24,280 --> 00:32:26,647 Who is it that you're looking for? 443 00:32:26,800 --> 00:32:28,450 The Nigra ballplayer. 444 00:32:28,600 --> 00:32:30,329 Is he in there? 445 00:32:35,520 --> 00:32:37,648 He's asleep right now. 446 00:32:38,520 --> 00:32:40,170 Maybe you wanna come back in the morning. 447 00:32:41,560 --> 00:32:43,767 No, I ain't coming back. 448 00:32:44,080 --> 00:32:46,401 Other fellas is coming. 449 00:32:47,360 --> 00:32:50,807 And they ain't happy that he's staying here in Sanford... 450 00:32:50,960 --> 00:32:53,930 ...playing ball with white boys. 451 00:32:56,160 --> 00:33:00,290 - Now, let me tell you something, sir. - No, you listen to me, young man. 452 00:33:00,480 --> 00:33:03,802 You best just skedaddle on out of here. 453 00:33:04,120 --> 00:33:07,602 Because if they get here and he's still here... 454 00:33:08,040 --> 00:33:09,644 ...there's gonna be trouble. 455 00:33:10,360 --> 00:33:11,930 You understand? 456 00:33:12,360 --> 00:33:13,805 Trouble. 457 00:33:14,320 --> 00:33:16,926 Trouble, trouble, trouble. 458 00:33:20,880 --> 00:33:22,291 Mr. Brock. 459 00:33:24,680 --> 00:33:26,648 May I please use your telephone? 460 00:33:26,920 --> 00:33:29,287 Wake him up and get him out of there. 461 00:33:29,480 --> 00:33:34,168 Put him in the car and, uh, start driving to Daytona Beach. Now. 462 00:33:34,400 --> 00:33:36,846 Uh, oh, and, uh, Wendell... 463 00:33:37,000 --> 00:33:43,406 ...under no circumstances are you to tell him what this is about, uh... 464 00:33:44,080 --> 00:33:47,766 I don't want him getting it in his head... 465 00:33:47,960 --> 00:33:49,962 ...to stay there and fight. 466 00:34:22,760 --> 00:34:24,171 Where's he at? 467 00:34:24,320 --> 00:34:27,085 I don't know. Think he's getting another one. 468 00:34:27,480 --> 00:34:29,721 Hey, Jim. You escorting that boy out of town? 469 00:34:29,920 --> 00:34:31,001 Hey, look at this. 470 00:34:31,160 --> 00:34:32,764 What's that? 471 00:34:37,400 --> 00:34:38,731 What's he want? 472 00:34:44,000 --> 00:34:45,684 Hey, hey, hey! 473 00:34:49,680 --> 00:34:51,170 What the hell, Wendell? 474 00:34:51,320 --> 00:34:53,766 A man came by while you was asleep. 475 00:34:53,920 --> 00:34:55,490 He said more men were coming. 476 00:34:55,640 --> 00:34:57,165 It might have been those fellas. 477 00:34:57,360 --> 00:35:00,011 Mr. Rickey said to get you to Daytona Beach ASAP. 478 00:35:01,040 --> 00:35:02,530 Why didn't you say so? 479 00:35:02,680 --> 00:35:06,526 Mr. Rickey was afraid you wouldn't leave. You'd want to stay there and fight. 480 00:35:09,320 --> 00:35:11,766 Man, what in the hell are you laughing at? 481 00:35:11,960 --> 00:35:15,123 I thought you woke me because I was cut from the team. 482 00:35:21,160 --> 00:35:23,401 You got a strange sense of humor, man. 483 00:35:29,800 --> 00:35:33,407 Two, two, two! Take him back. Throw him out now! 484 00:35:35,800 --> 00:35:36,847 Safe! 485 00:35:42,440 --> 00:35:44,363 You're too fast for them, Jackie! 486 00:35:44,520 --> 00:35:46,602 All right, way to go. Way to go, boy! 487 00:35:46,760 --> 00:35:48,444 Get that nigger off the field! 488 00:35:48,600 --> 00:35:51,331 Come on, Spider, bring him in. Let's go. 489 00:36:02,280 --> 00:36:03,486 We got him. 490 00:36:11,320 --> 00:36:13,209 Four! Four! Four! 491 00:36:13,360 --> 00:36:15,249 - No cut! - He's running through! 492 00:36:17,880 --> 00:36:19,325 Safe! 493 00:36:21,480 --> 00:36:24,006 Get off the field. 494 00:36:24,200 --> 00:36:27,568 - What? - Get off the field. Now. 495 00:36:28,440 --> 00:36:31,250 - Why? - Because it's against the law, that's why. 496 00:36:31,400 --> 00:36:33,562 No nigger's gonna play with white boys. 497 00:36:33,720 --> 00:36:35,961 Now you get off the field, or go to jail. 498 00:36:36,120 --> 00:36:38,691 You use that thing, you better hit me between the eyes. 499 00:36:38,880 --> 00:36:41,121 Hey, hold on, now. What'd he do wrong? 500 00:36:41,280 --> 00:36:44,409 We ain't having no Nigrae mix with white boys in this town. 501 00:36:44,560 --> 00:36:48,087 Y'all ain't up-states now. They gotta keep separate. 502 00:36:48,280 --> 00:36:51,648 The Brooklyn Dodgers ain't changing our way of living. 503 00:36:52,360 --> 00:36:53,771 Where y'all from, anyhow? 504 00:36:53,920 --> 00:36:55,490 I'm from Greenwood, Mississippi. 505 00:36:55,640 --> 00:36:58,883 Ha, ha, hell, boy, you ought to know better. 506 00:36:59,160 --> 00:37:02,323 Now, you tell your Nigra I said to git. 507 00:37:04,320 --> 00:37:05,321 What did you do? 508 00:37:06,440 --> 00:37:07,805 Oh, I said: 509 00:37:07,960 --> 00:37:12,204 "Okay, skipper. I'm a-gitting, I'm a-gitting, I'm a-gitting. 510 00:37:12,360 --> 00:37:14,283 - You don't want no trouble." - You did not! 511 00:37:14,440 --> 00:37:16,841 - Yes, I did. Yes, I did. - Ha, ha. 512 00:37:17,320 --> 00:37:19,322 Then I took a cold shower. 513 00:37:19,560 --> 00:37:21,528 We lost two to one. 514 00:37:24,080 --> 00:37:27,050 Okay, skipper. I'm a-gitting, I'm a-gitting. 515 00:37:28,400 --> 00:37:30,004 Oh, no, you not getting away from me. 516 00:37:30,680 --> 00:37:32,205 Jack. 517 00:37:34,880 --> 00:37:36,166 Get back, Rae. 518 00:37:36,920 --> 00:37:38,251 I want you to know something. 519 00:37:39,640 --> 00:37:40,926 Yeah, what's that? 520 00:37:42,680 --> 00:37:45,490 I want you to know I'm pulling for you to make good. 521 00:37:45,640 --> 00:37:48,007 A lot of folks around here feel the same way. 522 00:37:49,240 --> 00:37:52,483 If a man's got the goods, he deserves a fair chance, that's all. 523 00:37:54,680 --> 00:37:56,205 Ma'am. 524 00:38:09,720 --> 00:38:11,400 You wanted to see me, Mr. Rickey? 525 00:38:13,320 --> 00:38:15,084 Bermuda grass grows so well here. 526 00:38:15,240 --> 00:38:18,562 I wish we could get it to grow like this up in Brooklyn. 527 00:38:20,280 --> 00:38:21,725 Yeah. 528 00:38:23,440 --> 00:38:25,363 I like the way it smells when they mow it. 529 00:38:25,520 --> 00:38:28,205 Heh, me too. 530 00:38:29,560 --> 00:38:31,050 Jackie... 531 00:38:32,720 --> 00:38:35,041 ...it is my pleasure... 532 00:38:35,200 --> 00:38:39,410 ...to tell you that you have earned a place with the Montreal Royals. 533 00:38:41,040 --> 00:38:45,568 When they head north on Tuesday for opening day with Jersey City... 534 00:38:45,760 --> 00:38:47,922 ...you'll be on the train. 535 00:38:51,440 --> 00:38:52,851 I won't let you down. 536 00:38:53,000 --> 00:38:54,411 Yeah, I know you won't. 537 00:38:56,920 --> 00:39:00,606 If you don't mind, I'd like to go tell my wife. 538 00:39:00,760 --> 00:39:03,366 Ah, you give her my regards. 539 00:39:10,560 --> 00:39:11,607 Mr. Rickey? 540 00:39:14,560 --> 00:39:16,289 Why are you doing this? 541 00:39:21,840 --> 00:39:24,127 I'm in the baseball business. 542 00:39:25,160 --> 00:39:28,289 With you and the other Negro players I hope to bring up next year... 543 00:39:28,440 --> 00:39:31,967 ...I can put together a team that can win the World Series. 544 00:39:32,120 --> 00:39:35,124 And the World Series means money. 545 00:39:35,800 --> 00:39:38,007 You believe that, don't you? 546 00:39:39,760 --> 00:39:42,081 I don't think it matters what I believe. 547 00:39:43,280 --> 00:39:44,930 Only what I do. 548 00:39:45,240 --> 00:39:46,651 Agreed. 549 00:39:47,480 --> 00:39:49,084 Therefore... 550 00:39:49,320 --> 00:39:52,483 ...I want you to worry those pitchers till they come apart. 551 00:39:52,640 --> 00:39:54,642 Run as you see fit. 552 00:39:54,800 --> 00:39:57,371 Sometimes you'll get caught, but that doesn't matter. 553 00:39:57,520 --> 00:39:59,648 Ty Cobb got caught plenty. 554 00:39:59,800 --> 00:40:02,485 You just run those bases like the devil himself. 555 00:40:02,640 --> 00:40:05,849 Put the natural fear of God in them. 556 00:40:08,160 --> 00:40:09,525 Yes, sir. 557 00:40:10,920 --> 00:40:15,244 Train for Atlanta and points north now boarding. 558 00:40:15,400 --> 00:40:18,404 Train for Atlanta and points north now boarding. 559 00:40:18,600 --> 00:40:20,011 There he is. 560 00:40:27,560 --> 00:40:29,050 All aboard! 561 00:40:31,680 --> 00:40:33,444 Young man. 562 00:41:26,520 --> 00:41:28,602 I can still hear him. 563 00:41:31,040 --> 00:41:33,247 I can still hear him! 564 00:41:50,800 --> 00:41:52,245 Play ball! 565 00:41:53,440 --> 00:41:56,603 And now the lineup of the visiting Montreal Royals. 566 00:41:56,760 --> 00:42:00,287 Batting first, playing center field, Marv Rackley. 567 00:42:00,440 --> 00:42:04,445 Batting second, playing second base, Jackie Robinson. 568 00:42:04,720 --> 00:42:07,087 Batting third, playing left field, George Shuba. 569 00:42:07,240 --> 00:42:08,765 Hey, you okay? 570 00:42:09,760 --> 00:42:11,410 I think I might be sick. 571 00:42:11,560 --> 00:42:12,686 Excuse me, Wendell. 572 00:42:14,080 --> 00:42:17,323 Popcorn! Get your popcorn! 573 00:42:26,280 --> 00:42:27,930 You all right, honey? 574 00:42:28,840 --> 00:42:30,649 I'm sick. 575 00:42:30,960 --> 00:42:32,769 Don't know why. 576 00:42:35,080 --> 00:42:37,367 Mm, thank you. 577 00:42:41,960 --> 00:42:44,327 When did you have your monthly last? 578 00:42:50,840 --> 00:42:52,763 It may be that you're pregnant. 579 00:43:03,280 --> 00:43:08,320 Now batting for Montreal, number 9, Jackie Robinson. 580 00:43:17,480 --> 00:43:19,005 Come on, Jack! 581 00:43:20,320 --> 00:43:21,845 Come on, Jackie. 582 00:43:22,000 --> 00:43:24,606 - Come on, batter. - Put it here! 583 00:43:38,520 --> 00:43:40,522 Whoo! 584 00:43:56,720 --> 00:43:58,882 He may be superhuman after all. 585 00:44:00,880 --> 00:44:02,689 Way to go. 586 00:44:18,440 --> 00:44:20,283 Oh, Jack. 587 00:44:34,920 --> 00:44:36,445 Yeah. 588 00:44:40,280 --> 00:44:43,443 My daddy left. Heh. 589 00:44:44,440 --> 00:44:47,284 He left us flat... 590 00:44:48,280 --> 00:44:50,203 ...in Cairo, Georgia. 591 00:44:52,240 --> 00:44:55,562 I was only six months older than you are now. 592 00:45:00,240 --> 00:45:01,969 I don't remember him. 593 00:45:05,280 --> 00:45:08,762 Nothing good, nothing bad. 594 00:45:10,240 --> 00:45:11,810 Nothing. 595 00:45:14,720 --> 00:45:16,927 You will remember me. 596 00:45:21,120 --> 00:45:23,851 I'm gonna be here with you till the day I die. 597 00:45:33,000 --> 00:45:34,161 Yeah. 598 00:45:34,320 --> 00:45:36,448 Hello, Leo. 599 00:45:36,760 --> 00:45:38,649 What are you doing? 600 00:45:38,800 --> 00:45:40,290 I'm bowling. 601 00:45:40,440 --> 00:45:42,169 No, I'm snowshoeing in the Alps. 602 00:45:42,320 --> 00:45:45,005 I'm trying to sleep, Mr. Rickey. It's still dark out. 603 00:45:45,160 --> 00:45:49,006 Another spring training is upon us, Leo. In Panama. 604 00:45:49,640 --> 00:45:53,042 I need to know your attitude towards Jackie Robinson. 605 00:45:56,040 --> 00:45:58,168 I don't got an attitude toward him. 606 00:45:58,320 --> 00:46:02,689 Eight times in the Bible we're told to love our neighbor as ourself. 607 00:46:03,360 --> 00:46:05,886 It's one of God's most repeated commands. 608 00:46:06,040 --> 00:46:08,805 Well, I don't know much about the Bible. 609 00:46:08,960 --> 00:46:11,247 But I didn't go to school just to eat my lunch. 610 00:46:11,400 --> 00:46:13,528 I'll play an elephant if he can help us win... 611 00:46:13,680 --> 00:46:16,365 ...and to make room for him, I'll send my own brother home. 612 00:46:16,520 --> 00:46:18,170 Oh, what are you gonna do with me? 613 00:46:18,320 --> 00:46:21,529 We're playing for money here. Winning is the only thing that matters. 614 00:46:21,680 --> 00:46:23,170 Is he a nice guy? 615 00:46:23,320 --> 00:46:26,483 Well, if by nice you mean soft, no. 616 00:46:26,640 --> 00:46:28,722 No, not particularly. 617 00:46:29,280 --> 00:46:30,725 Good, he can't afford to be. 618 00:46:30,880 --> 00:46:33,850 - Nice guys finish last. - And what about nice girls? 619 00:46:34,000 --> 00:46:36,162 So you have no objection to him? 620 00:46:36,320 --> 00:46:38,527 None whatsoever. Can I go back to sleep now? 621 00:46:38,680 --> 00:46:39,806 - Yes. - All right. 622 00:46:39,960 --> 00:46:41,564 - Oh, and Leo. - What? 623 00:46:42,160 --> 00:46:46,085 The Bible has a thing or two to say about adultery as well. 624 00:46:46,560 --> 00:46:49,723 I'm sure it's got a lot to say about a lot. Good night. 625 00:46:51,400 --> 00:46:53,767 What am I gonna do with you? 626 00:46:53,920 --> 00:46:55,604 I thought you knew. 627 00:46:57,240 --> 00:46:59,686 You gonna take care of your mama? 628 00:46:59,960 --> 00:47:02,691 No? You better. 629 00:47:04,560 --> 00:47:06,403 You gonna take care of my mama? 630 00:47:06,560 --> 00:47:07,766 Come here, baby. 631 00:47:07,920 --> 00:47:10,127 - There you go. - Come here, baby, I got you. 632 00:47:19,080 --> 00:47:20,889 Promise me you'll write? 633 00:47:21,760 --> 00:47:24,081 When have I ever not written? 634 00:47:27,080 --> 00:47:31,290 I want you to know I'm there for you, even if it's words on paper. 635 00:47:32,040 --> 00:47:33,724 Rae... 636 00:47:34,160 --> 00:47:35,924 ...you're in my heart. 637 00:47:42,280 --> 00:47:45,921 You're getting close now, and the closer you get, the worse they'll be. 638 00:47:47,880 --> 00:47:50,087 Don't let them get to you. 639 00:47:50,800 --> 00:47:52,450 I won't. 640 00:47:54,160 --> 00:47:56,367 God built me to last. 641 00:47:59,280 --> 00:48:04,081 I'll see you in Brooklyn in eight weeks, oh. 642 00:48:04,960 --> 00:48:07,167 It might be Montreal. 643 00:48:12,120 --> 00:48:14,168 It's gonna be Brooklyn. 644 00:48:15,760 --> 00:48:17,410 I know it is. 645 00:48:28,000 --> 00:48:31,641 Why do you think Rickey's got us playing spring games here in Panama, huh? 646 00:48:32,480 --> 00:48:34,482 He wants us to get used to Negro crowds. 647 00:48:34,680 --> 00:48:36,648 He wants more of them than there are of us. 648 00:48:36,800 --> 00:48:40,009 And he's hoping it'll make us more comfortable being around Robinson. 649 00:48:40,160 --> 00:48:41,924 Ahem. All right, ahem. 650 00:48:42,200 --> 00:48:44,567 Listen up. This is what I got. 651 00:48:45,800 --> 00:48:49,202 "We, the undersigned Brooklyn Dodgers, will not play ball... 652 00:48:49,400 --> 00:48:51,289 ...on the same field as Jackie Robinson." 653 00:48:51,440 --> 00:48:52,601 That's right. 654 00:48:54,240 --> 00:48:57,210 Kirby Higbe. 655 00:48:57,800 --> 00:48:59,848 - I'll sign that. - All right. 656 00:49:00,840 --> 00:49:03,002 Brooklyn Dodger Declaration of Independence. 657 00:49:03,160 --> 00:49:04,366 That's right. 658 00:49:06,520 --> 00:49:08,090 Give me that. 659 00:49:17,920 --> 00:49:20,605 - Y'all sure about this? - You wanna play ball with a nigger? 660 00:49:28,720 --> 00:49:30,120 Skip's got you out in left? 661 00:49:30,200 --> 00:49:31,964 - Yeah, for today. - Hey, Robinson. 662 00:49:34,520 --> 00:49:37,569 - What do you want me to do with this? - Well, you play first base. 663 00:49:37,720 --> 00:49:39,768 Coach, I never played first base in my life. 664 00:49:39,960 --> 00:49:41,564 Well, it's like this: 665 00:49:41,720 --> 00:49:45,566 Brooklyn's got a solid second baseman. We got Pee Wee Reese over at short. 666 00:49:45,840 --> 00:49:47,569 But first base is up for grabs. 667 00:49:51,240 --> 00:49:52,924 Come on in. 668 00:49:54,280 --> 00:49:56,851 - Hey, Stank. - What's going on? 669 00:49:58,040 --> 00:50:00,520 Well, we got a petition going on, Stank. 670 00:50:00,800 --> 00:50:03,610 Keep Robinson in Montreal. Where he belongs. 671 00:50:05,920 --> 00:50:08,082 Can't sign now, boys. 672 00:50:08,440 --> 00:50:10,249 I'm indisposed. 673 00:50:10,720 --> 00:50:12,768 How about I just catch up with you later? 674 00:50:14,920 --> 00:50:17,571 That ball's coming in a lot faster, Jack. 675 00:50:19,760 --> 00:50:21,728 The angle's a lot different in second. 676 00:50:22,160 --> 00:50:25,164 Take all the time in the world on second. You're getting it. 677 00:50:33,520 --> 00:50:36,569 That's like you have a suitcase on your hand there, Jack. 678 00:50:36,760 --> 00:50:40,287 The new glove, it's the big one there, Jack. You'll get used to it. 679 00:50:47,240 --> 00:50:48,844 Give me the pen. 680 00:50:53,680 --> 00:50:57,765 You know Mr. Rickey wants you to play conspicuous baseball. 681 00:51:00,360 --> 00:51:04,763 To be so good that the Dodgers demand to have you on their team. 682 00:51:06,200 --> 00:51:07,247 That's it. 683 00:51:07,760 --> 00:51:09,808 So I thought about it for a while... 684 00:51:10,000 --> 00:51:13,004 ...and I looked up "conspicuous" in the dictionary. 685 00:51:17,440 --> 00:51:20,489 It means "to attract notice or attention." 686 00:51:26,520 --> 00:51:28,010 Conspicuous. 687 00:51:28,160 --> 00:51:33,007 Look, it's like this: I got a wife, I got a baby and I got no money. 688 00:51:33,160 --> 00:51:35,845 So I don't wanna step in anything, so... 689 00:51:36,000 --> 00:51:38,731 You want to skip me on this one, Dix. I'm not interested. 690 00:51:38,880 --> 00:51:41,008 - What if they put him at shortstop? - Exactly. 691 00:51:41,200 --> 00:51:42,326 That's right, Pee Wee. 692 00:51:42,480 --> 00:51:44,608 Well, I figure if he's man enough to take my job... 693 00:51:44,760 --> 00:51:46,000 - ...he deserves it. - Ugh. 694 00:51:46,200 --> 00:51:47,531 Oh, the hell he does. 695 00:51:47,680 --> 00:51:51,207 He does not have the ice water in his veins to play big league baseball. 696 00:51:51,360 --> 00:51:53,442 - That's right. - So let him show what he's got. 697 00:51:53,600 --> 00:51:56,171 Robinson can either play or he can't. 698 00:51:56,320 --> 00:51:58,209 It'll all take care of itself. 699 00:51:58,360 --> 00:51:59,771 It's gonna cut you off. 700 00:51:59,920 --> 00:52:01,888 So right foot on the bag when it comes. 701 00:52:02,040 --> 00:52:05,203 There you go. That's nice, Jackie. Nice, Jackie. Pop that foot off. 702 00:52:05,360 --> 00:52:08,728 When that ball comes, that right foot, just pop that. 703 00:52:08,880 --> 00:52:11,042 Pop that... Don't leave that foot on there. 704 00:52:18,120 --> 00:52:19,690 Yes, Mr. Rickey. 705 00:52:19,840 --> 00:52:22,923 Have our friends in the press gone to sleep? 706 00:52:23,160 --> 00:52:26,767 We are the only people awake on this entire isthmus, Mr. Rickey. 707 00:52:26,920 --> 00:52:30,163 About this, uh, petition, Leo. 708 00:52:30,840 --> 00:52:35,926 I think a deliberate violation of the law deserves... 709 00:52:36,400 --> 00:52:39,370 ...a little show of force. 710 00:52:39,960 --> 00:52:42,531 I leave it to you, Leo. 711 00:52:43,440 --> 00:52:44,487 Good night. 712 00:52:45,240 --> 00:52:47,049 Good night, Mr. Rickey. 713 00:52:52,600 --> 00:52:56,730 - So, what are we doing here in the night? - Leo said to get everybody together. 714 00:52:56,880 --> 00:52:58,848 - I was sleeping good. - Down in the kitchen? 715 00:52:59,000 --> 00:53:01,606 Wake up now, ladies! Wake up! 716 00:53:07,280 --> 00:53:11,330 It has come to my attention that some of you fellas don't wanna play with Robinson. 717 00:53:15,920 --> 00:53:21,609 That you've even got a petition you've drawn up and you're all going to sign. 718 00:53:21,800 --> 00:53:23,802 You know what you can do with your petition. 719 00:53:23,960 --> 00:53:25,450 You can wipe your asses with it. 720 00:53:25,600 --> 00:53:27,807 - Oh, come on, Leo. - Come on, what? 721 00:53:27,960 --> 00:53:31,760 Ballplayers gotta live together, shower together. 722 00:53:31,920 --> 00:53:33,968 It ain't fair to force him on us like this. 723 00:53:34,120 --> 00:53:35,804 Besides, I got a hardware store... 724 00:53:35,960 --> 00:53:40,363 Screw your hardware store, Dix! And if you don't like it, screw you. 725 00:53:40,520 --> 00:53:43,763 Mr. Rickey will be happy to make other arrangements for you. 726 00:53:50,960 --> 00:53:54,646 Now, I don't care if he is yellow, or black... 727 00:53:54,800 --> 00:53:56,802 ...or has stripes like a zebra. 728 00:53:58,480 --> 00:54:03,042 If Robinson can help us win, and everything I have seen says he can... 729 00:54:03,240 --> 00:54:06,687 ...then he is gonna play on this ball club! 730 00:54:06,840 --> 00:54:11,971 Like it, lump it, make your minds up to it, because he's coming! 731 00:54:17,160 --> 00:54:21,370 And think about this when your heads hit the pillows tonight. 732 00:54:23,320 --> 00:54:24,890 He's only the first, boys. 733 00:54:26,280 --> 00:54:27,770 Only the first. 734 00:54:28,400 --> 00:54:30,880 There are more coming right behind him every day... 735 00:54:31,040 --> 00:54:34,362 ...and they have got talent and they wanna play. 736 00:54:35,040 --> 00:54:38,044 Oh, yeah, they are gonna come scratching and diving. 737 00:54:38,200 --> 00:54:41,409 So I would forget your petition and worry about the field... 738 00:54:41,560 --> 00:54:45,007 ...because unless you fellas pay a little more attention to your work... 739 00:54:45,160 --> 00:54:48,482 ...they're gonna run you right out of the ball park! 740 00:54:52,040 --> 00:54:55,601 Bragan, most of your teammates have already, uh... 741 00:54:55,760 --> 00:54:59,048 ...recanted on this petition nonsense. 742 00:54:59,200 --> 00:55:02,488 Are you really here to tell me you don't wanna play with Robinson? 743 00:55:02,640 --> 00:55:04,130 Yes, sir. 744 00:55:04,320 --> 00:55:06,721 My friends back in Birmingham would never forgive me. 745 00:55:06,880 --> 00:55:09,201 Well, what about your friends in Brooklyn? 746 00:55:09,360 --> 00:55:11,249 I don't know. 747 00:55:13,800 --> 00:55:16,201 Then I will accommodate you. 748 00:55:16,680 --> 00:55:20,526 As long as you give me your word that you will do your very best for this team... 749 00:55:20,680 --> 00:55:22,728 ...until I can work out a trade. 750 00:55:22,920 --> 00:55:26,083 Do you think I would quit on anyone? I don't quit, sir. 751 00:55:26,240 --> 00:55:28,891 Only on yourself, apparently. 752 00:55:38,960 --> 00:55:40,689 Taxi! 753 00:55:41,760 --> 00:55:43,683 Hey, Jack. 754 00:55:47,800 --> 00:55:49,609 You again. 755 00:55:50,280 --> 00:55:52,851 That's right. Me again. 756 00:55:53,640 --> 00:55:55,881 There something wrong with that, Jack? 757 00:55:56,320 --> 00:55:58,084 Where's the car? 758 00:55:59,480 --> 00:56:01,289 Right this way. 759 00:56:16,280 --> 00:56:19,124 They can't keep you in Montreal for long. 760 00:56:19,760 --> 00:56:23,048 After these exhibition games, they're gonna have to bring you up. 761 00:56:28,800 --> 00:56:31,485 You don't have two words to rub together, do you? 762 00:56:45,800 --> 00:56:48,167 You ever wonder why I sit down behind third base... 763 00:56:48,320 --> 00:56:50,482 ...with my typewriter on my knees? 764 00:56:50,640 --> 00:56:52,642 Does that ever cross your mind? 765 00:56:56,840 --> 00:57:00,049 It's because Negro reporters aren't allowed in the press box. 766 00:57:01,560 --> 00:57:03,005 So guess what? 767 00:57:04,320 --> 00:57:07,722 You, Mr. Robinson, are not the only one with something at stake here. 768 00:57:12,840 --> 00:57:14,490 I apologize. 769 00:57:17,720 --> 00:57:20,690 You've been there for me through this... 770 00:57:20,840 --> 00:57:23,969 ...more than anyone besides Rae and Mr. Rickey. 771 00:57:26,320 --> 00:57:28,209 But I guess that's what bothers me. 772 00:57:28,880 --> 00:57:30,962 How do you mean? 773 00:57:32,040 --> 00:57:35,362 I don't like needing someone to be there for me. 774 00:57:37,360 --> 00:57:39,886 I don't like needing anyone for anything. 775 00:57:40,960 --> 00:57:42,849 I never have. 776 00:57:44,480 --> 00:57:47,324 You a hard case, Jack Robinson. 777 00:57:51,480 --> 00:57:53,130 Hey. 778 00:57:53,320 --> 00:57:56,961 Is it okay if I keep driving you, or should I let you get out so you can walk? 779 00:58:13,440 --> 00:58:17,161 "Branch Rickey cannot afford to upset team chemistry... 780 00:58:17,920 --> 00:58:21,129 ...so the only thing keeping Robinson off the Dodgers now, plainly... 781 00:58:21,280 --> 00:58:23,089 ...is the attitude of the players. 782 00:58:23,240 --> 00:58:26,130 If it softens at the sight of Jackie's skills... 783 00:58:26,280 --> 00:58:30,251 ...he'll join the club sometime between April 10th and April 15th. 784 00:58:30,440 --> 00:58:34,570 Otherwise, Robinson will spend the year back in Montreal." 785 00:58:35,280 --> 00:58:37,248 Oh, for the love of Pete. 786 00:58:37,640 --> 00:58:41,008 He batted .625 in the exhibition games against them. 787 00:58:41,240 --> 00:58:43,288 Us, them... Against us! 788 00:58:44,640 --> 00:58:46,290 Judas Priest! 789 00:58:47,720 --> 00:58:49,131 Jane Ann, are you out there? 790 00:58:53,880 --> 00:58:55,211 Branch Rickey. 791 00:58:56,240 --> 00:58:59,210 Yes, uh, this is him. 792 00:59:00,440 --> 00:59:02,681 The commissioner of what? 793 00:59:03,680 --> 00:59:05,045 Uh, yes, put him through. 794 00:59:05,200 --> 00:59:07,646 The Commissioner of Baseball. 795 00:59:07,800 --> 00:59:09,802 Branch. Ha! How are you? 796 00:59:09,960 --> 00:59:12,247 Good, Happy. What can I do for you? 797 00:59:12,480 --> 00:59:15,484 How'd you feel about losing Durocher for the year, Branch? 798 00:59:16,520 --> 00:59:21,526 Uh, I'm sorry, Happy, heh, I thought you said lose Durocher for a year. 799 00:59:21,680 --> 00:59:23,364 I got a notice today... 800 00:59:23,520 --> 00:59:28,481 ...from the Catholic Youth Organization vowing a ban on baseball... 801 00:59:28,640 --> 00:59:31,644 ...if Durocher wasn't punished for his moral looseness. 802 00:59:33,000 --> 00:59:34,286 You're joking. 803 00:59:34,440 --> 00:59:39,002 I wish I were, but it's this business of this actress out in California. 804 00:59:39,160 --> 00:59:42,767 She's recently divorced and Durocher's the cause. 805 00:59:42,920 --> 00:59:45,491 They say they may even be illegally married. 806 00:59:46,840 --> 00:59:48,524 Now I know you're joking. 807 00:59:48,680 --> 00:59:50,011 I'm not. 808 00:59:50,240 --> 00:59:53,005 Thing of it is, Branch, uh... 809 00:59:53,160 --> 00:59:58,041 ...this CYO, they buy a lot of seats, they draw a lot of water... 810 00:59:58,200 --> 01:00:00,043 ...and I can't afford to ruffle their feathers. 811 01:00:01,440 --> 01:00:04,523 I'm sorry, am I mixing my metaphors there? 812 01:00:04,680 --> 01:00:08,685 Happy, you know very well my organization is entering a tempest. 813 01:00:08,840 --> 01:00:11,241 I need Durocher at the helm. 814 01:00:11,400 --> 01:00:13,801 He's the only man that can handle this much trouble. 815 01:00:14,000 --> 01:00:15,240 In fact, he loves it. 816 01:00:15,400 --> 01:00:17,209 You're cutting off my right hand! 817 01:00:17,720 --> 01:00:19,449 I have no choice. 818 01:00:19,600 --> 01:00:22,126 I'm gonna sit your manager, Branch. 819 01:00:22,280 --> 01:00:26,171 Leo Durocher is suspended from baseball for a year. 820 01:00:27,320 --> 01:00:29,527 Happy, you can't do this, you son of a bitch! 821 01:00:39,280 --> 01:00:41,000 As the search continues... 822 01:00:41,120 --> 01:00:43,407 ...to replace Leo Durocher, I have it on good authority... 823 01:00:43,560 --> 01:00:47,281 ...that former Yankee manager Joe McCarthy has turned down the request... 824 01:00:47,440 --> 01:00:50,410 ...of Branch Rickey to take the reins of the Brooklyn Dodgers. 825 01:00:50,560 --> 01:00:52,767 He is not the only man to say no. 826 01:00:52,960 --> 01:00:55,804 And so with the 1947 season about to begin... 827 01:00:56,040 --> 01:00:59,089 ...the Dodgers are still without a manager. 828 01:01:02,840 --> 01:01:04,410 Now we present once again Mary... 829 01:01:16,240 --> 01:01:17,605 Hello? 830 01:01:17,760 --> 01:01:20,764 Mr. Robinson? This is Jane Ann in Mr. Rickey's office. 831 01:01:20,920 --> 01:01:22,763 He needs to see you right away. 832 01:01:22,920 --> 01:01:25,571 He has a contract for you to sign. 833 01:01:25,720 --> 01:01:28,200 Contract for me to sign. 834 01:01:28,360 --> 01:01:30,089 Okay. 835 01:01:38,560 --> 01:01:39,971 Hello? 836 01:01:40,120 --> 01:01:41,963 Shoot! 837 01:01:42,800 --> 01:01:44,882 Clyde, you're good. Jane Ann, get in there. 838 01:01:45,080 --> 01:01:46,127 Come on. 839 01:01:46,280 --> 01:01:49,284 Harold, telegram the press. Say this: 840 01:01:49,480 --> 01:01:52,370 "Today the Brooklyn Dodgers organization... 841 01:01:52,560 --> 01:01:56,849 ...has purchased the contract of Jackie Robinson from the Montreal Royals. 842 01:01:57,000 --> 01:01:59,048 He will report immediately." 843 01:02:42,760 --> 01:02:44,285 I love you. 844 01:02:46,240 --> 01:02:48,004 I love you. 845 01:03:21,160 --> 01:03:22,889 Lookie here. 846 01:03:27,880 --> 01:03:32,169 Hey, you're looking for your locker, aren't you, son? Follow me. 847 01:03:36,720 --> 01:03:38,961 I'm Hermanski. Welcome to Brooklyn. 848 01:03:39,120 --> 01:03:40,645 Greetings. 849 01:03:40,800 --> 01:03:42,450 Hey, man. Ralph Branca. 850 01:03:42,600 --> 01:03:43,681 Greetings. 851 01:03:43,880 --> 01:03:45,882 Greetings. Okay. 852 01:03:49,920 --> 01:03:52,287 I just found out today. The best I can do. 853 01:03:52,440 --> 01:03:55,125 I'll get you straightened out tomorrow. Okay? 854 01:03:55,280 --> 01:03:57,203 It's okay. 855 01:04:54,960 --> 01:04:57,361 Robinson, can we get a photo? 856 01:04:58,400 --> 01:05:01,085 Robinson, turn around! Come on, come on, Mr. Robinson. 857 01:05:01,680 --> 01:05:03,330 Good luck, sir! 858 01:05:16,640 --> 01:05:18,802 - Get out of here! - We don't need you! 859 01:05:18,960 --> 01:05:20,769 Get out of here! 860 01:05:22,960 --> 01:05:25,645 Yeah! There he is! 861 01:05:34,440 --> 01:05:38,240 Oh, say can you see. 862 01:05:38,400 --> 01:05:42,291 By the dawn's early light. 863 01:05:42,640 --> 01:05:46,611 What so proudly we hailed. 864 01:05:46,760 --> 01:05:50,685 At the twilight's last gleaming? 865 01:05:50,880 --> 01:05:54,805 Who's broad stripes and bright stars. 866 01:05:54,960 --> 01:05:58,806 Through the perilous fight. 867 01:05:59,360 --> 01:06:03,365 O'er the ramparts we watched. 868 01:06:03,560 --> 01:06:07,804 Were so gallantly streaming? 869 01:06:07,960 --> 01:06:12,124 And the rockets red glare. 870 01:06:12,320 --> 01:06:16,609 The bombs bursting in air. 871 01:06:16,760 --> 01:06:20,924 Gave proof through the night. 872 01:06:21,120 --> 01:06:25,489 That our flag was still there. 873 01:06:25,640 --> 01:06:33,640 Oh, say Does that star-spangled banner yet wave. 874 01:06:35,600 --> 01:06:41,209 O'er the land of the free. 875 01:06:41,360 --> 01:06:47,447 And the home of the brave. 876 01:06:49,040 --> 01:06:50,451 Play ball! 877 01:06:52,240 --> 01:06:54,925 Another opening day, Harold. 878 01:06:55,080 --> 01:06:57,401 All future, no past. 879 01:06:57,560 --> 01:06:59,881 It's a blank page, sir. 880 01:07:00,920 --> 01:07:02,046 Hello, everybody. 881 01:07:02,240 --> 01:07:06,165 It's The OI' Redhead speaking here from high up in the catbird seat at Ebbets Field. 882 01:07:06,360 --> 01:07:10,809 Welcome to opening day of the 1947 Brooklyn Dodgers season. 883 01:07:11,000 --> 01:07:15,767 As many of you know, the Dodgers finished 96-60 last season. 884 01:07:15,920 --> 01:07:18,844 Respectable, but still two games behind St. Louis... 885 01:07:19,000 --> 01:07:21,571 ...who would, of course, go on to take the World Series. 886 01:07:21,760 --> 01:07:24,809 The Dodgers looking to move up this year and win the pennant. 887 01:07:24,960 --> 01:07:26,962 Now batting for the Dodgers... 888 01:07:27,120 --> 01:07:29,487 One out. Bottom of the 1st. 889 01:07:29,640 --> 01:07:33,406 Headed to the plate now for his first big league at bat is Dodger rookie: 890 01:07:33,560 --> 01:07:34,971 Jackie Robinson. 891 01:07:35,440 --> 01:07:37,329 Jackie is very definitely brunet. 892 01:07:39,440 --> 01:07:41,204 The Dodgers still without a manager... 893 01:07:41,360 --> 01:07:44,921 ...as Leo Durocher was suspended earlier this week. 894 01:07:49,040 --> 01:07:50,451 You got this, Jackie! 895 01:07:50,600 --> 01:07:53,001 It's a shirtsleeve afternoon. 896 01:07:53,720 --> 01:07:56,803 Johnny Sain looking in. When he's got that fastball working... 897 01:07:56,960 --> 01:08:00,169 ...what I mean to say is, he can toss a lamb chop past a hungry wolf. 898 01:08:00,320 --> 01:08:02,846 Oh, and it's a hard-hit ball down the third baseline. 899 01:08:03,000 --> 01:08:06,129 Elliott gobbles it up and makes the long toss across the diamond. 900 01:08:06,280 --> 01:08:07,520 You're out! 901 01:08:07,680 --> 01:08:09,682 And Robinson is out. 902 01:08:09,840 --> 01:08:13,845 Come on! Ump, get some glasses! 903 01:08:14,000 --> 01:08:16,082 You blew it! AI, you blew that call! 904 01:08:16,240 --> 01:08:17,321 You blew it! 905 01:08:17,480 --> 01:08:21,690 It was a close play at first. A tie usually goes to the runner but not this time. 906 01:08:21,840 --> 01:08:25,765 So that first big league hit will remain to be seen. 907 01:08:27,200 --> 01:08:30,488 So the Giants got Mize batting cleanup. 908 01:08:32,840 --> 01:08:34,444 Shame about Leo. 909 01:08:35,000 --> 01:08:37,287 Inevitable, I suppose. 910 01:08:37,440 --> 01:08:40,205 I asked him if she was worth it, he said yes. 911 01:08:41,880 --> 01:08:43,370 How's the retirement? 912 01:08:43,520 --> 01:08:45,887 Oh, it's just fine. 913 01:08:46,040 --> 01:08:47,371 You know, the roses are... 914 01:08:48,880 --> 01:08:52,771 Hell of a thing when a man's got good health... 915 01:08:52,920 --> 01:08:54,331 ...and plenty of money... 916 01:08:54,520 --> 01:08:56,363 ...and absolutely nothing to do. 917 01:08:56,520 --> 01:08:59,888 Heh, well, I'm perfectly happy. 918 01:09:00,040 --> 01:09:01,565 Is that so? 919 01:09:03,400 --> 01:09:07,041 You know, when I took the Cleveland uniform off two years ago... 920 01:09:07,240 --> 01:09:11,484 ...I promised the missus I'd never put on another uniform again. 921 01:09:11,720 --> 01:09:14,564 So the roses are beautiful... 922 01:09:14,720 --> 01:09:16,927 ...and, uh, I sleep better too. 923 01:09:17,080 --> 01:09:20,084 Roses and sleep are two wonderful things, Burt. 924 01:09:20,240 --> 01:09:25,610 But sleep you can get when you're in your casket, and flowers look great on top of it. 925 01:09:25,800 --> 01:09:29,327 But, uh, you don't look like a dead man to me, Burt. 926 01:09:30,040 --> 01:09:31,405 What's this about, Branch? 927 01:09:36,720 --> 01:09:39,246 I need you to manage the Dodgers for me, Burt. 928 01:09:39,440 --> 01:09:40,601 - No. - Now, wait. 929 01:09:40,760 --> 01:09:45,004 We're a ship without a captain and there's a typhoon coming. 930 01:09:45,200 --> 01:09:47,248 I'm sorry, no. 931 01:09:48,520 --> 01:09:50,090 Don't you miss the game, Burt? 932 01:09:51,120 --> 01:09:53,168 Working with the players? 933 01:09:53,320 --> 01:09:55,641 Helping to get the best out of the team? 934 01:09:56,120 --> 01:09:59,090 Go on, look me in the eye and tell me you don't. 935 01:09:59,280 --> 01:10:03,490 Baseball's the only life for an old pepper pot like me. 936 01:10:03,960 --> 01:10:05,803 But I promised my wife, Branch. 937 01:10:05,960 --> 01:10:08,964 You promised her you'd never put on a uniform again. 938 01:10:09,120 --> 01:10:11,361 You didn't promise her you wouldn't manage. 939 01:10:12,120 --> 01:10:15,966 Wear a suit and a tie like Connie Mack. 940 01:10:19,120 --> 01:10:20,804 Come on, Burt. 941 01:10:21,800 --> 01:10:22,926 What do you say? 942 01:10:25,520 --> 01:10:27,443 Burt, I need you. 943 01:10:29,040 --> 01:10:31,008 What do you say? 944 01:10:35,680 --> 01:10:37,648 All right, men. Men? 945 01:10:40,000 --> 01:10:41,570 Men? 946 01:10:43,880 --> 01:10:47,043 I know you've all, uh, heard the news. I'm your new manager. 947 01:10:47,200 --> 01:10:49,521 I don't have much to say to you. 948 01:10:50,720 --> 01:10:52,131 Just, uh... 949 01:10:53,680 --> 01:10:56,001 ...don't be afraid... 950 01:10:56,160 --> 01:10:59,801 ...of old Burt Shotton as your manager. 951 01:11:00,160 --> 01:11:02,640 You can win the pennant in spite of me. 952 01:11:03,800 --> 01:11:05,564 There's, uh... 953 01:11:05,880 --> 01:11:08,565 There's nothing I can do to hurt you. 954 01:11:14,680 --> 01:11:16,091 So, uh... 955 01:11:17,840 --> 01:11:18,966 You Robinson? 956 01:11:20,960 --> 01:11:22,689 I thought so. 957 01:11:24,160 --> 01:11:26,891 So let's get out there and beat those, uh... Who are we playing? 958 01:11:27,040 --> 01:11:28,280 Giants, Burt. 959 01:11:28,440 --> 01:11:31,683 Giants! Let's go beat the Giants! 960 01:11:35,880 --> 01:11:38,531 Now batting, number 42... 961 01:11:38,680 --> 01:11:42,571 ...first baseman, Jackie Robinson. 962 01:11:43,680 --> 01:11:45,842 You mark my words and circle this date. 963 01:11:46,000 --> 01:11:49,527 Negroes are gonna run the white man straight out of baseball. 964 01:11:50,200 --> 01:11:52,407 I'm not prejudiced. It's physiological. 965 01:11:52,560 --> 01:11:56,087 They have a longer heel bone. Gives them an unfair speed advantage. 966 01:11:57,800 --> 01:12:00,770 Here's Robinson. Jack holds that club down by the end... 967 01:12:00,960 --> 01:12:04,965 ...rear foot at the back end of the box, slight open stance, bent at the knees. 968 01:12:06,560 --> 01:12:07,561 Jack swings. 969 01:12:07,760 --> 01:12:11,242 That ball is screaming out to left. Hartung watching it go and... 970 01:12:11,400 --> 01:12:13,368 So long! Home run! 971 01:12:14,800 --> 01:12:17,770 Jackie Robinson has his first Major League home run. 972 01:12:17,920 --> 01:12:22,244 Was that because his heel bone was longer, Bob? Hmm? 973 01:12:27,440 --> 01:12:31,843 "Heel bone longer." 974 01:12:45,160 --> 01:12:46,764 Sorry I'm late. Class ran long. 975 01:12:46,960 --> 01:12:48,530 That's okay. 976 01:12:48,680 --> 01:12:53,083 It's so cold and raw out, I don't want him getting sick at the game. 977 01:12:57,240 --> 01:12:59,208 Fed him already. 978 01:12:59,440 --> 01:13:02,364 All of his bits are on the table over there. 979 01:13:03,600 --> 01:13:05,489 He'll be nice and warm in here. 980 01:13:05,640 --> 01:13:07,483 Thank you, Alice. 981 01:13:11,800 --> 01:13:13,370 Bottom of the 1st. 982 01:13:14,640 --> 01:13:16,881 The skies are leaden now. Pretty threatening. 983 01:13:17,040 --> 01:13:19,088 Eddie Stanky, safe at first. 984 01:13:19,240 --> 01:13:21,322 And Jackie Robinson stepping to the plate. 985 01:13:21,800 --> 01:13:26,169 There's a slight breeze coming in from right field, blowing towards left. 986 01:13:26,320 --> 01:13:29,483 It shouldn't give much of an advantage to the right-handed hitters. 987 01:13:29,640 --> 01:13:31,369 Hey! Nigger! 988 01:13:31,760 --> 01:13:33,000 Black nigger! 989 01:13:33,160 --> 01:13:37,245 Hey, why don't you go back to the cotton fields where you come from, huh? 990 01:13:37,400 --> 01:13:39,607 I saw you swing your way out of a jungle. 991 01:13:39,760 --> 01:13:43,765 Chapman, the Phillies manager, seems to be chirping something out to Robinson. 992 01:13:43,920 --> 01:13:46,241 Chapman, a hothead during his playing days... 993 01:13:46,440 --> 01:13:49,762 ...has carried that reputation right into his managing. 994 01:13:57,000 --> 01:13:58,480 He's got half a mind, Jackie. 995 01:14:00,440 --> 01:14:01,851 Take that monkey out now! 996 01:14:02,040 --> 01:14:05,044 You all right? You don't look all right. 997 01:14:05,200 --> 01:14:07,202 Nigger, nigger, nigger! 998 01:14:07,360 --> 01:14:09,761 Come on, nigger, nigger, nigger! 999 01:14:16,680 --> 01:14:18,284 Welcome to the big leagues, rook! 1000 01:14:18,920 --> 01:14:21,048 Come on, now, get up. 1001 01:14:21,200 --> 01:14:23,771 Can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen, rook. 1002 01:14:23,920 --> 01:14:24,967 Right, Bobby, heh? 1003 01:14:26,560 --> 01:14:28,562 Those are nice dance moves, Bojangles. 1004 01:14:28,720 --> 01:14:32,770 Leave your hat on the ground, maybe somebody'll throw some money in it, huh? 1005 01:14:34,480 --> 01:14:35,891 Put on a little show, nigger. 1006 01:14:36,040 --> 01:14:38,008 Do a little shuffle. 1007 01:14:38,720 --> 01:14:41,041 - Come on, midnight! - He's all right, he's all right. 1008 01:14:41,240 --> 01:14:42,361 All right, nigger. 1009 01:14:42,480 --> 01:14:46,166 Let's do this. You ought to be careful in this sunshine. 1010 01:14:46,320 --> 01:14:48,368 Tar baby skin gonna melt. 1011 01:14:53,560 --> 01:14:55,369 You can't hit that? 1012 01:14:55,520 --> 01:14:57,363 One more! Strike him! 1013 01:14:57,520 --> 01:15:00,205 Why don't you get that boy that you sent down... 1014 01:15:00,360 --> 01:15:02,408 ...to the International League, huh? 1015 01:15:02,600 --> 01:15:04,523 That's where Africans play, ain't it? 1016 01:15:04,680 --> 01:15:06,011 Who was that? 1017 01:15:06,160 --> 01:15:07,924 Who'd you put out of a job, nigger? 1018 01:15:08,440 --> 01:15:10,249 Come on, Jackie. 1019 01:15:10,440 --> 01:15:12,442 Robinson, waiting for the pitch. 1020 01:15:12,600 --> 01:15:14,602 Swings, and it's a fly ball out to left. 1021 01:15:17,360 --> 01:15:19,362 Ennis settles under it for the out. 1022 01:15:21,840 --> 01:15:25,128 Sky's starting to clear now, the sun pushing its way through. 1023 01:15:25,280 --> 01:15:27,726 Nigger can't play. 1024 01:15:28,560 --> 01:15:30,927 It's all right, he can take it. 1025 01:15:31,720 --> 01:15:34,291 God built him to last. 1026 01:15:54,600 --> 01:15:56,648 No score, bottom of the 4th. 1027 01:15:56,800 --> 01:15:59,644 Spider Jorgensen taking a small lead off first. 1028 01:15:59,800 --> 01:16:02,644 Jorgensen, a rookie, spent last season in Montreal. 1029 01:16:04,440 --> 01:16:05,965 Here's the pitch. 1030 01:16:06,160 --> 01:16:08,561 And Stanky lines a single out to right field. 1031 01:16:08,720 --> 01:16:10,131 Three! 1032 01:16:10,280 --> 01:16:13,360 Hung low. Now there you go. Next up for the Dodgers: 1033 01:16:13,920 --> 01:16:16,127 Jackie Robinson. 1034 01:16:18,160 --> 01:16:19,286 Hey! 1035 01:16:19,440 --> 01:16:20,805 Hey, Pee Wee! 1036 01:16:20,960 --> 01:16:23,361 Hey, what's this nigger doing for you all... 1037 01:16:23,520 --> 01:16:26,490 ...that you let him drink out of the same water fountain as you? 1038 01:16:29,280 --> 01:16:31,123 I hope you don't take showers with him. 1039 01:16:32,040 --> 01:16:34,611 Because you gonna be a mess! 1040 01:16:36,880 --> 01:16:38,166 Hey! Nigger! 1041 01:16:38,360 --> 01:16:40,362 You like white women, huh? 1042 01:16:40,520 --> 01:16:44,002 Hey, which one of these Dodger wives are you climbing on tonight? 1043 01:16:44,200 --> 01:16:45,281 Time! 1044 01:16:45,440 --> 01:16:48,364 Wait, timeout, hold on. He's gotta take a nap. 1045 01:16:48,520 --> 01:16:49,521 Hey, which one is it? 1046 01:16:51,200 --> 01:16:52,964 I think I know! 1047 01:16:53,560 --> 01:16:54,641 Dixie? 1048 01:16:57,360 --> 01:17:01,046 Sorry. Dixie, I hate to be the one to tell you. 1049 01:17:01,200 --> 01:17:04,807 I saw her walking earlier with a little bit of a bow in her step. 1050 01:17:05,320 --> 01:17:06,446 It'll be fine. 1051 01:17:06,640 --> 01:17:10,440 It'll be fine. He looks like a nice boy. 1052 01:17:10,640 --> 01:17:12,369 That right, boy? 1053 01:17:12,560 --> 01:17:14,210 Come on, nigger, nigger, nigger! 1054 01:17:15,040 --> 01:17:16,929 Two men on for Robinson. 1055 01:17:17,520 --> 01:17:19,363 Here's the pitch from Leonard. 1056 01:17:19,520 --> 01:17:22,922 Swung on, and it's a towering infield pop-up. 1057 01:17:27,240 --> 01:17:28,446 Seminick settles under it. 1058 01:17:28,600 --> 01:17:30,201 - Hey, is that a home run? - Yeah. 1059 01:17:30,240 --> 01:17:32,163 If you're playing in an elevator shaft. 1060 01:17:32,320 --> 01:17:34,926 Can of corn, and Robinson is out. 1061 01:17:36,760 --> 01:17:38,842 You don't belong here, nigger! 1062 01:17:39,640 --> 01:17:42,484 You hear me? Why don't you look in the mirror? 1063 01:17:42,640 --> 01:17:44,768 This a white man's game. 1064 01:17:45,200 --> 01:17:47,726 All right? Get that through your thick monkey skull! 1065 01:17:59,760 --> 01:18:01,330 Look at me, baby. 1066 01:18:05,880 --> 01:18:08,121 Look at me, baby. Look at me. 1067 01:18:39,560 --> 01:18:40,800 No! 1068 01:18:43,800 --> 01:18:45,450 No. 1069 01:18:46,160 --> 01:18:48,640 The next white son of a bitch that opens his mouth... 1070 01:18:48,800 --> 01:18:50,962 ...I'll smash his goddamn teeth in. 1071 01:18:51,480 --> 01:18:53,847 You can't do that, Jack. 1072 01:18:59,800 --> 01:19:02,485 I'm supposed to just let this go on? 1073 01:19:03,000 --> 01:19:05,571 These men have to live with themselves. 1074 01:19:06,640 --> 01:19:09,325 I have to live with myself too. 1075 01:19:09,960 --> 01:19:12,964 Right now I'm living a sermon out there. 1076 01:19:14,400 --> 01:19:16,528 You don't matter now, Jack. 1077 01:19:16,960 --> 01:19:18,564 You're in this thing. 1078 01:19:18,720 --> 01:19:22,008 You don't have the right to pull out from the backing of people... 1079 01:19:22,160 --> 01:19:25,721 ...that believe in you, that respect you, that need you. 1080 01:19:25,880 --> 01:19:27,166 Is that so? 1081 01:19:27,360 --> 01:19:31,604 If you fight, they won't say that Chapman forced you to. 1082 01:19:31,760 --> 01:19:36,402 They'll say that you're in over your head. That you don't belong here. 1083 01:19:36,560 --> 01:19:39,962 Do you know what it's like having somebody do this to you? 1084 01:19:40,120 --> 01:19:41,281 No. 1085 01:19:42,080 --> 01:19:43,366 No. 1086 01:19:44,080 --> 01:19:45,411 You do. 1087 01:19:47,880 --> 01:19:49,166 You're the one... 1088 01:19:50,240 --> 01:19:52,049 ...living the sermon. 1089 01:19:54,520 --> 01:19:56,284 In the wilderness. 1090 01:19:56,440 --> 01:19:58,169 Forty days. 1091 01:19:58,360 --> 01:19:59,691 All of it. 1092 01:20:02,000 --> 01:20:03,411 Only you. 1093 01:20:04,440 --> 01:20:07,091 There's not a goddamn thing I can do about it. 1094 01:20:07,280 --> 01:20:08,770 Of course there is! 1095 01:20:08,920 --> 01:20:11,605 You can get out there and hit! 1096 01:20:11,760 --> 01:20:14,843 You can get on base and score. 1097 01:20:15,000 --> 01:20:18,049 You can win this game for us. 1098 01:20:19,120 --> 01:20:20,485 We need you. 1099 01:20:20,640 --> 01:20:22,688 Everybody needs you! 1100 01:20:22,920 --> 01:20:25,400 You're medicine, Jack! 1101 01:20:55,920 --> 01:20:58,241 Let's go, fellas. 1102 01:20:58,440 --> 01:21:00,090 They're taking the field. 1103 01:21:02,320 --> 01:21:03,731 Now, get out there. 1104 01:21:03,960 --> 01:21:05,041 Be smart, fellas. 1105 01:21:05,200 --> 01:21:06,326 Let's go! 1106 01:21:13,000 --> 01:21:15,048 Who's playing first? 1107 01:21:20,440 --> 01:21:22,681 I'm gonna need a new bat. 1108 01:21:25,760 --> 01:21:28,843 Eight zeros on the scoreboard for the Phi/lies, seven for the Dodgers. 1109 01:21:29,000 --> 01:21:31,480 No score, with the bottom of the 8th coming up. 1110 01:21:31,640 --> 01:21:33,085 All right, nigger. 1111 01:21:34,480 --> 01:21:37,006 Hey, boy! 1112 01:21:38,320 --> 01:21:40,129 Porch monkey! 1113 01:21:40,480 --> 01:21:42,244 Hey, nigger, I know you can hear me. 1114 01:21:43,200 --> 01:21:46,602 You know what you're here for, don't you, huh? 1115 01:21:46,760 --> 01:21:51,004 You're here to get the nigger dollars for Rickey at the gate. 1116 01:21:53,480 --> 01:21:55,403 You don't belong here, nigger! 1117 01:21:55,560 --> 01:21:58,325 Sit down. You sit down or I sit you down. 1118 01:21:58,480 --> 01:21:59,920 What's the problem, Stank? 1119 01:22:00,000 --> 01:22:03,129 You're the problem, you disgrace. What the hell kind of man are you? 1120 01:22:03,280 --> 01:22:07,808 You know he can't fight back. Why don't you try picking on someone who can. 1121 01:22:07,960 --> 01:22:10,361 I'm not gonna fight you, get thrown out of the game. 1122 01:22:10,520 --> 01:22:13,524 Stanky now having a chin-wag with his ex-teammate Chapman. 1123 01:22:13,680 --> 01:22:15,569 Both men, masters of distraction. 1124 01:22:15,720 --> 01:22:17,848 Stanky from second and Chapman from the dugout. 1125 01:22:18,000 --> 01:22:20,321 We'll have to wait and see what the umpire does... 1126 01:22:20,480 --> 01:22:23,370 ...since he's well within his rights to kick Stanky out. 1127 01:22:23,520 --> 01:22:27,684 Hey, 12! That's enough. Back to the dugout. 1128 01:22:27,840 --> 01:22:29,763 You shut your mouth or I shut it for you. 1129 01:22:29,960 --> 01:22:31,610 This ain't happening. 1130 01:22:33,840 --> 01:22:37,287 Hey, Stank? What's it like being a nigger's nigger? 1131 01:22:37,440 --> 01:22:41,001 I don't know, Chapman. What's it like to be a redneck piece of shit? 1132 01:22:46,800 --> 01:22:48,609 Robinson up. 1133 01:22:49,920 --> 01:22:51,410 Here's the pitch. 1134 01:22:54,800 --> 01:22:58,361 And Jack pokes a soft hit past second. 1135 01:22:59,400 --> 01:23:00,401 Sorry! 1136 01:23:02,080 --> 01:23:05,004 Not much of a hit to speak of, but Jackie is standing on first. 1137 01:23:05,560 --> 01:23:07,005 Go, Jackie. 1138 01:23:07,160 --> 01:23:09,401 Center fielder, number 7, Pete Reiser. 1139 01:23:09,480 --> 01:23:12,882 Mr. Pete Reiser steps up into the batter's box. 1140 01:23:15,040 --> 01:23:16,929 Robinson with another big lead off first. 1141 01:23:17,080 --> 01:23:19,560 He's just as restless as a cat with a hot foot. 1142 01:23:22,920 --> 01:23:24,081 Back. 1143 01:23:25,240 --> 01:23:26,765 Safe! 1144 01:23:30,080 --> 01:23:33,209 The Flatbush faithful voicing their approval of Jack... 1145 01:23:33,400 --> 01:23:35,050 ...as this type of scrappy play... 1146 01:23:35,200 --> 01:23:38,443 ...is exactly what they've grown to expect of their beloved Bums. 1147 01:23:38,600 --> 01:23:40,090 Play now. 1148 01:23:40,640 --> 01:23:42,005 Work it. 1149 01:23:47,280 --> 01:23:50,523 Steal it, sweetheart. Take it. 1150 01:24:00,120 --> 01:24:02,043 - Strike three, you're out. - He's going! 1151 01:24:07,440 --> 01:24:08,601 - Down! - Safe! 1152 01:24:13,200 --> 01:24:15,089 The Dodgers, with an excellent chance... 1153 01:24:15,240 --> 01:24:17,811 ...as Robinson has willed himself into scoring position. 1154 01:24:17,960 --> 01:24:19,485 Thattaboy. 1155 01:24:19,640 --> 01:24:23,247 Young Gene Hermanski steps to the plate, playing right today. 1156 01:24:24,960 --> 01:24:26,166 Come on! 1157 01:24:37,840 --> 01:24:39,641 Hermanski cracks a single to left... 1158 01:24:39,680 --> 01:24:42,331 ...and Robinson is able to trot home for the first run... 1159 01:24:42,480 --> 01:24:45,165 ...that may also be the decider. 1160 01:24:48,720 --> 01:24:50,484 All right. 1161 01:24:54,280 --> 01:24:56,601 - Jackie! - All right! 1162 01:24:57,200 --> 01:24:58,770 Hey, Robinson! 1163 01:25:13,800 --> 01:25:14,847 Thanks. 1164 01:25:18,200 --> 01:25:19,690 For what? 1165 01:25:21,080 --> 01:25:23,526 You're on my team. What the hell am I supposed to do? 1166 01:25:30,800 --> 01:25:31,847 Nice hit. 1167 01:25:39,760 --> 01:25:42,047 All this fuss over a rookie. 1168 01:25:42,240 --> 01:25:45,403 What, he's got 10, 12 at bats. 1169 01:25:45,560 --> 01:25:46,846 Y'all gonna spoil him. 1170 01:25:47,000 --> 01:25:49,128 Chapman, do you think it cost you the game? 1171 01:25:49,280 --> 01:25:53,080 No. I think that a single out to the left field cost us the game. 1172 01:25:54,560 --> 01:25:56,642 You think you were a little hard on Robinson? 1173 01:25:56,800 --> 01:26:00,441 No. Look, we treat him the same way we treat Hank Greenberg... 1174 01:26:00,600 --> 01:26:03,126 ...except we call him a kike instead of a coon. 1175 01:26:03,280 --> 01:26:05,760 Whenever we play exhibitions with the Yankees... 1176 01:26:05,920 --> 01:26:08,321 ...we call Joe DiMaggio "The Wop." 1177 01:26:08,480 --> 01:26:10,448 All right? They laugh about it. 1178 01:26:10,840 --> 01:26:13,047 And it's forgotten when the game's over. 1179 01:26:26,640 --> 01:26:28,563 I don't care if they like me. 1180 01:26:29,920 --> 01:26:32,287 I didn't come here to make friends. 1181 01:26:34,080 --> 01:26:37,209 I don't even care if they respect me. I know who I am. 1182 01:26:39,600 --> 01:26:42,171 Got enough respect for myself. 1183 01:26:44,520 --> 01:26:46,409 But I do not want them to beat me. 1184 01:26:48,160 --> 01:26:49,650 They're never gonna beat you. 1185 01:26:56,160 --> 01:26:59,289 They came close today. 1186 01:27:12,920 --> 01:27:15,241 I'm going in that Phillies dugout tomorrow... 1187 01:27:15,400 --> 01:27:17,482 ...and I'm gonna wring Ben Chapman's neck! 1188 01:27:20,480 --> 01:27:22,608 Did I say something funny? 1189 01:27:22,760 --> 01:27:26,048 When I first told you about Robinson, Harold... 1190 01:27:26,200 --> 01:27:29,170 ...you were against it. 1191 01:27:29,320 --> 01:27:31,482 Now, all of the sudden you're worried about him. 1192 01:27:31,680 --> 01:27:32,966 Wonder how that happened. 1193 01:27:33,120 --> 01:27:36,442 - Why, any decent-minded person would... - Sympathy, Harold. 1194 01:27:36,880 --> 01:27:39,531 It's a Greek word. It means "to suffer." 1195 01:27:39,680 --> 01:27:43,127 "I sympathize with you" means "I suffer with you." 1196 01:27:43,720 --> 01:27:46,451 That Philadelphia manager is, uh... 1197 01:27:47,880 --> 01:27:49,291 He's doing me a service. 1198 01:27:49,440 --> 01:27:52,205 - A service? - Yes. 1199 01:27:52,360 --> 01:27:56,843 He's creating sympathy on Jackie's behalf. 1200 01:27:57,560 --> 01:28:00,211 "Philadelphia" is Greek. 1201 01:28:00,920 --> 01:28:03,287 Means "brotherly love." 1202 01:28:05,040 --> 01:28:07,241 Bob Bragan to see you, Mr. Rickey. 1203 01:28:07,640 --> 01:28:10,723 What in Satan's fire does he want? 1204 01:28:12,040 --> 01:28:13,121 All right, send him in. 1205 01:28:25,040 --> 01:28:26,565 What do you want, Bragan? 1206 01:28:27,160 --> 01:28:29,686 Uh, Mr. Rickey, I, uh... 1207 01:28:32,040 --> 01:28:34,407 - I would like, um... - What do you want? 1208 01:28:35,880 --> 01:28:37,882 I'd like to not be traded, sir. 1209 01:28:39,560 --> 01:28:41,130 If it's not too late. 1210 01:28:42,440 --> 01:28:44,044 What about Robinson? 1211 01:28:46,440 --> 01:28:48,283 The world's changing. 1212 01:28:49,480 --> 01:28:52,006 I guess I can live with the change. 1213 01:28:52,920 --> 01:28:57,608 I mean, I can't believe it. I speak my mind, and they trade me. 1214 01:28:59,680 --> 01:29:01,409 This ain't the America I know. 1215 01:29:01,600 --> 01:29:05,082 Uh-uh. Home of the free, land of the brave? You hear me? 1216 01:29:06,440 --> 01:29:08,363 Where they sending you, Hig? 1217 01:29:09,440 --> 01:29:10,566 Pittsburgh. 1218 01:29:11,120 --> 01:29:15,808 For cash and some Italian outfielder named Gionfriddo. 1219 01:29:18,440 --> 01:29:21,205 Pittsburgh. I mean... 1220 01:29:24,640 --> 01:29:26,961 Good luck, boys. You gonna need it. 1221 01:29:31,560 --> 01:29:33,289 Pittsburgh! 1222 01:29:36,880 --> 01:29:38,450 Branch, it's Herb. 1223 01:29:38,640 --> 01:29:40,722 Herb. What can I do for you? 1224 01:29:40,880 --> 01:29:42,962 Branch, how long have we known each other? 1225 01:29:43,880 --> 01:29:46,611 Oh, 20 years, maybe more. 1226 01:29:46,760 --> 01:29:49,366 That's right. Been over some solid road together. 1227 01:29:49,520 --> 01:29:55,209 So, urn, you can trust me when I tell you Brooklyn's due here tomorrow... 1228 01:29:56,000 --> 01:29:58,651 ...but you cannot bring that nigger down here... 1229 01:29:58,800 --> 01:30:00,609 ...with the rest of your team. 1230 01:30:03,000 --> 01:30:04,809 Why's that, Herb? 1231 01:30:05,000 --> 01:30:07,162 His name is Jackie Robinson, by the way. 1232 01:30:07,320 --> 01:30:09,687 Yeah, Branch, I understand he's got a name... 1233 01:30:09,880 --> 01:30:13,680 ...but we're just not ready for that sort of thing here in Philadelphia. 1234 01:30:14,320 --> 01:30:18,848 We're not gonna be able to take the field against your team if that boy's in uniform. 1235 01:30:19,280 --> 01:30:22,841 Well, what you do with your team is your decision, Herb. 1236 01:30:23,000 --> 01:30:26,004 But my team's gonna be in Philadelphia tomorrow... 1237 01:30:26,160 --> 01:30:28,003 ...with Robinson. 1238 01:30:28,160 --> 01:30:31,562 And if we have to claim the game as a forfeit, so be it. 1239 01:30:31,720 --> 01:30:33,643 That's 9-0... 1240 01:30:33,800 --> 01:30:35,200 ...in case you forgot. 1241 01:30:35,320 --> 01:30:38,688 You've had a hell of a hair across your ass over this for a long time. 1242 01:30:38,840 --> 01:30:41,366 I'd like to know what it is you're trying to prove. 1243 01:30:41,520 --> 01:30:44,126 You think God likes baseball, Herb? 1244 01:30:44,760 --> 01:30:47,525 What...? What the hell is that supposed to mean? 1245 01:30:47,680 --> 01:30:50,081 It means someday you're gonna meet God... 1246 01:30:50,240 --> 01:30:52,971 ...and when he inquires as why you didn't take the field... 1247 01:30:53,120 --> 01:30:54,884 ...against Robinson in Philadelphia... 1248 01:30:55,040 --> 01:30:57,611 ...and you answer that it's because he was a Negro... 1249 01:30:57,800 --> 01:31:00,690 ...it may not be a sufficient reply! 1250 01:31:21,480 --> 01:31:25,883 Okay, guys, we got 20 minutes to check in and get to Shibe, so chop-chop! 1251 01:31:26,160 --> 01:31:27,241 Hey! 1252 01:31:27,680 --> 01:31:29,250 Hey. Out. 1253 01:31:29,400 --> 01:31:30,811 And get that bus out of here. 1254 01:31:31,000 --> 01:31:34,925 Oh, no, no, no, we have reservations. We're the Dodgers. 1255 01:31:35,080 --> 01:31:39,085 No, your team is not welcome here. Not while you have ball club Negroes with you. 1256 01:31:39,240 --> 01:31:41,368 You just mean that Robinson can't stay, right? 1257 01:31:41,520 --> 01:31:45,047 No, I mean your entire team has been refused. 1258 01:31:45,200 --> 01:31:48,727 - We've been staying here for 10 years. - And you can stay away that long too. 1259 01:31:48,880 --> 01:31:51,008 Hold on. Now, wait, we should talk about this. 1260 01:31:51,160 --> 01:31:53,208 Who put you up to this? Is it the Phillies? 1261 01:31:53,400 --> 01:31:55,402 They're not gonna let us stay here, fellas. 1262 01:31:56,840 --> 01:31:58,251 They don't want us here. 1263 01:31:59,880 --> 01:32:02,804 Yeah, well maybe 42's got enough friends in town we can bunk up. 1264 01:32:02,960 --> 01:32:05,930 - It's the rule we're gonna go with. - We've got reservations. 1265 01:32:06,120 --> 01:32:07,690 - Why is that? - That is the rule! 1266 01:32:07,840 --> 01:32:09,604 What's that supposed to mean? 1267 01:32:10,000 --> 01:32:11,650 It's not supposed to mean a thing. 1268 01:32:11,800 --> 01:32:14,929 When you can't get in hotels, you got people's houses you stay at. 1269 01:32:15,080 --> 01:32:16,605 Ain't that right? 1270 01:32:18,480 --> 01:32:19,606 What? 1271 01:32:21,400 --> 01:32:23,209 What do you want from me, Walker? 1272 01:32:24,160 --> 01:32:25,366 An apology. 1273 01:32:25,560 --> 01:32:28,245 You want an apology? For what? 1274 01:32:29,400 --> 01:32:30,765 For places like this? 1275 01:32:31,480 --> 01:32:35,644 No. For turning this season into a damn sideshow. 1276 01:32:35,800 --> 01:32:37,768 - Hey, fellas. - I'm a ballplayer, all right? 1277 01:32:37,920 --> 01:32:40,287 - I'm here to play ball! - So am I. 1278 01:32:41,680 --> 01:32:42,886 I'm hereto win. 1279 01:32:43,040 --> 01:32:44,690 We want to win. We on the same page? 1280 01:32:44,840 --> 01:32:47,081 Well, how we supposed to win sleeping on a bus? 1281 01:32:47,240 --> 01:32:50,164 Maybe it'll do you some good the way you been swinging the bat. 1282 01:32:50,320 --> 01:32:53,483 - Hey, you watch your mouth! - Hey, you watch your hand. 1283 01:32:53,640 --> 01:32:57,087 - Don't you ever talk to me like that again! - Watch your hand! 1284 01:32:57,240 --> 01:32:59,402 You hear me? Watch yourself! 1285 01:33:00,080 --> 01:33:03,129 - You spit on me now? - If I spit on you, it'd be an improvement. 1286 01:33:03,280 --> 01:33:06,807 - That's it. You go home, all right? - All right, that's enough! 1287 01:33:07,680 --> 01:33:10,331 Hey, hey! Get used to it, fellas. This how it's gonna be. 1288 01:33:10,520 --> 01:33:12,124 We show up, the circus is in town! 1289 01:33:12,280 --> 01:33:14,328 I'm not going anywhere! 1290 01:33:14,520 --> 01:33:15,760 I'm right here! 1291 01:33:16,960 --> 01:33:19,964 "There is a great lynch mob among us. 1292 01:33:20,160 --> 01:33:23,482 They go unhooded and work without a rope." 1293 01:33:23,680 --> 01:33:25,603 That's you, not me. 1294 01:33:26,280 --> 01:33:29,124 "We must remember that all this country's enemies... 1295 01:33:29,280 --> 01:33:32,090 ...are not beyond the frontiers of our homeland." 1296 01:33:32,240 --> 01:33:33,480 A Jew probably wrote that. 1297 01:33:33,640 --> 01:33:36,041 I don't care who wrote it. It's in the damn papers! 1298 01:33:42,800 --> 01:33:44,723 This is not good, Ben. 1299 01:33:45,240 --> 01:33:47,811 Makes the entire Phillies organization look racist. 1300 01:33:47,960 --> 01:33:49,485 You gotta do something about it. 1301 01:33:49,680 --> 01:33:52,889 Me? Look, I'm defending baseball. 1302 01:33:53,040 --> 01:33:56,408 It's time for you to step up and defend the Phillies. 1303 01:33:56,880 --> 01:34:02,410 This started on the field, it's gonna end on the field, and we're done talking about it. 1304 01:34:04,240 --> 01:34:05,844 All right. 1305 01:34:07,160 --> 01:34:08,810 - Hey, fellas. - Hey. 1306 01:34:17,280 --> 01:34:19,647 Excuse me. Hi. Jackie. 1307 01:34:19,840 --> 01:34:21,285 Uh, Wendell, um... 1308 01:34:21,640 --> 01:34:22,687 A request came in. 1309 01:34:22,880 --> 01:34:27,044 Uh, Ben Chapman, he's the, uh, manager for the Phillies. You knew that. 1310 01:34:27,200 --> 01:34:29,362 Uh, he'd like his photo taken with you. 1311 01:34:32,280 --> 01:34:33,611 You been drinking, Harold? 1312 01:34:36,840 --> 01:34:39,161 No. No. I wish. 1313 01:34:39,360 --> 01:34:42,409 No, Mr. Rickey, uh, he thinks it's a good idea. 1314 01:34:43,400 --> 01:34:46,563 He says it's gonna be in every sports page across the country. 1315 01:34:46,720 --> 01:34:50,361 An example that even the most hardened man can change. 1316 01:34:52,520 --> 01:34:56,684 Chapman hasn't changed. He's just trying to save face. 1317 01:34:56,840 --> 01:35:00,322 Mr. Rickey says it doesn't matter if he's changed. 1318 01:35:00,480 --> 01:35:02,881 As long as it looks like he's changed. 1319 01:35:04,800 --> 01:35:07,406 Jackie, you've seen the questions come in slow. 1320 01:35:07,800 --> 01:35:10,804 Now, just see this photo come in even slower. 1321 01:35:10,960 --> 01:35:14,885 Chapman said he'd come down here. Or, uh, he could meet you in the runway. 1322 01:35:15,040 --> 01:35:16,326 No. 1323 01:35:20,840 --> 01:35:22,444 On the field. 1324 01:35:23,560 --> 01:35:24,971 Where everyone can see. 1325 01:35:25,120 --> 01:35:28,841 Did World War Ill break out? Look at all of y'all. 1326 01:35:29,440 --> 01:35:32,683 They even dug you up, Baum. This must be important. 1327 01:35:32,840 --> 01:35:34,888 Listen, I want to say something, uh... 1328 01:35:35,880 --> 01:35:37,723 Jackie's been accepted into baseball... 1329 01:35:37,880 --> 01:35:41,327 ...and the Philadelphia organization wish him all the luck that we can. 1330 01:35:42,840 --> 01:35:46,481 I just hope that our trial of fire has helped him along. 1331 01:35:47,920 --> 01:35:50,730 How about a picture? You shake hands. Bury the hatchet. 1332 01:35:50,880 --> 01:35:52,484 You wanna bury the hatchet? 1333 01:35:53,960 --> 01:35:55,166 Sure. 1334 01:35:58,120 --> 01:35:59,724 We'll use a bat. 1335 01:36:01,120 --> 01:36:03,407 That way we don't have to touch skin. 1336 01:36:04,200 --> 01:36:05,884 - All right. - Come on, fellas. 1337 01:36:06,040 --> 01:36:08,327 - All right, do it. - That's good. Right here. 1338 01:36:12,960 --> 01:36:14,450 One more. This way, Ben. 1339 01:36:16,360 --> 01:36:17,961 It's Ostermueller on the mound. 1340 01:36:20,120 --> 01:36:21,451 Ostermueller, deliberate. 1341 01:36:21,600 --> 01:36:25,241 What I mean to say is, he's one of the slowest working pitchers in the game. 1342 01:36:32,240 --> 01:36:33,890 Here's the windup. And... 1343 01:36:34,880 --> 01:36:38,362 Oh, my! He hit Jackie Robinson right in the head. And Jackie is down! 1344 01:36:38,560 --> 01:36:40,767 What are you doing out there, Ostermueller? 1345 01:36:41,200 --> 01:36:42,565 Hey! 1346 01:36:42,720 --> 01:36:46,008 Ostermueller, you creep! You gotta bat too! Don't you forget it! 1347 01:36:46,160 --> 01:36:47,844 Hey, I'm ready, you wop bastard! 1348 01:36:48,000 --> 01:36:50,571 Oh, yeah? "Wop bastard"? It's coming between your eyes. 1349 01:36:50,720 --> 01:36:53,769 - I'm gonna come like a kamikaze! - He doesn't belong here! 1350 01:36:53,920 --> 01:36:54,967 Get off! Knock it off! 1351 01:37:06,560 --> 01:37:09,245 I'll send you back to Schmeling and Goering... 1352 01:37:09,400 --> 01:37:11,607 ...and the rest of your dead Kraut buddies! 1353 01:37:11,800 --> 01:37:13,165 You want some, Piner? 1354 01:37:13,320 --> 01:37:14,731 He doesn't belong here! 1355 01:37:26,680 --> 01:37:28,444 They're just ignorant. 1356 01:37:33,280 --> 01:37:36,727 If they knew you, they would be ashamed. 1357 01:37:49,680 --> 01:37:51,569 What can I do for you, Pee Wee? 1358 01:37:52,640 --> 01:37:55,962 Well, Mr. Rickey, it's like this. 1359 01:37:56,360 --> 01:37:58,647 The series in Cincinnati next week? 1360 01:37:58,800 --> 01:38:01,804 Yes. Important road trip. 1361 01:38:02,440 --> 01:38:05,046 - We're only three games out of first. - Yes, sir. 1362 01:38:05,760 --> 01:38:07,205 Now, you know I'm from Kentucky. 1363 01:38:07,680 --> 01:38:12,641 Then Cincinnati will nearly be a home game for you. 1364 01:38:13,280 --> 01:38:14,805 Well... 1365 01:38:16,640 --> 01:38:18,369 ...I got this letter. 1366 01:38:18,880 --> 01:38:22,487 Apparently, some people aren't too happy about me playing with Robinson. 1367 01:38:27,080 --> 01:38:28,241 "Nigger lover. 1368 01:38:29,520 --> 01:38:31,124 Watch yourself. 1369 01:38:31,520 --> 01:38:33,010 We'll get you, carpetbagger." 1370 01:38:36,080 --> 01:38:37,241 Pretty typical stuff. 1371 01:38:39,360 --> 01:38:41,010 Well, it's not typical to me, sir. 1372 01:38:48,400 --> 01:38:51,404 How many of those letters have you gotten, Pee Wee? 1373 01:38:52,640 --> 01:38:54,802 Just the one. Ain't that enough? 1374 01:39:00,160 --> 01:39:01,571 What are those? 1375 01:39:02,160 --> 01:39:04,527 Well, I'll tell you what they aren't. 1376 01:39:04,680 --> 01:39:09,527 They aren't letters from the Jackie Robinson fan club. 1377 01:39:15,600 --> 01:39:18,888 "Get out of baseball or your baby boy will die." 1378 01:39:19,920 --> 01:39:22,924 "Quit baseball or your nigger wife..." 1379 01:39:28,880 --> 01:39:31,486 "Get out of the game or be killed." 1380 01:39:34,200 --> 01:39:35,645 Does Jackie know? 1381 01:39:35,800 --> 01:39:38,041 Well, of course he does. 1382 01:39:38,240 --> 01:39:39,924 And the FBI. 1383 01:39:40,440 --> 01:39:43,250 They're taking a threat in Cincinnati pretty seriously. 1384 01:39:43,400 --> 01:39:48,361 So excuse me if I don't get too upset about you getting called a carpetbagger. 1385 01:39:48,680 --> 01:39:50,170 You should be proud. 1386 01:39:53,840 --> 01:39:56,650 Well, I'd just like to play ball, sir. That's all. 1387 01:39:57,160 --> 01:39:58,924 Oh, I understand. 1388 01:39:59,080 --> 01:40:01,765 I bet Jackie just wants to play ball. 1389 01:40:01,920 --> 01:40:05,003 I bet he wishes he wasn't leading the League in hit by pitch. 1390 01:40:05,160 --> 01:40:08,084 I bet he wishes people didn't want to kill him. 1391 01:40:09,200 --> 01:40:11,885 The world's not so simple anymore. 1392 01:40:12,920 --> 01:40:14,922 Guess it never was. 1393 01:40:15,480 --> 01:40:17,084 We just, uh... 1394 01:40:18,160 --> 01:40:20,766 Baseball ignored it, now we can't. 1395 01:40:26,280 --> 01:40:27,520 Yes, sir. 1396 01:40:29,040 --> 01:40:32,408 No hits, no runs for the Dodgers. The Reds are coming to bat. 1397 01:40:38,560 --> 01:40:41,131 How many times do you think Pee Wee's gonna score? 1398 01:40:41,280 --> 01:40:42,441 Well, I don't know, son. 1399 01:40:42,600 --> 01:40:46,650 I remember when I was a kid, I saw Honus Wagner play, scored three times that day. 1400 01:40:46,800 --> 01:40:49,963 - We'll just have to wait and see. - Wow, that would be great. 1401 01:40:54,800 --> 01:40:56,484 We don't want you here! 1402 01:40:56,640 --> 01:40:59,325 Hey! Hey, Nigger boy! 1403 01:40:59,480 --> 01:41:01,130 Get the hell out of Cincinnati! 1404 01:41:01,640 --> 01:41:03,369 We don't want you here! 1405 01:41:03,880 --> 01:41:05,450 Go back to Brooklyn! 1406 01:41:05,600 --> 01:41:06,965 You the batboy, sambo? 1407 01:41:07,160 --> 01:41:08,761 Hey, nigger! I'm talking to you! 1408 01:41:08,880 --> 01:41:12,362 Get the hell out of Cincinnati! We don't want you here, boy! 1409 01:41:13,960 --> 01:41:15,610 Nigger! 1410 01:41:15,760 --> 01:41:17,603 We don't want you here! 1411 01:41:17,800 --> 01:41:21,646 Cincinnati fans expressing their displeasure as the Dodgers take the field. 1412 01:41:21,840 --> 01:41:24,650 Jackie Robinson at first. "The Brat" Eddie Stanky at second. 1413 01:41:24,800 --> 01:41:27,929 Spider Jorgensen at third. And the captain, Pee Wee Reese, at short. 1414 01:41:28,680 --> 01:41:33,686 Fans, ask any man and they'll tell you, the Gillette Superspeed razor is a honey. 1415 01:41:33,840 --> 01:41:36,127 Maybe the sweetest shaving razor you'll ever use. 1416 01:41:36,280 --> 01:41:38,965 Look sharp, feel sharp, be sharp. 1417 01:41:39,160 --> 01:41:40,730 We don't want no niggers here! 1418 01:41:40,880 --> 01:41:43,850 They can say all they want. We're just here to play ball. 1419 01:41:44,000 --> 01:41:45,570 Get him off the field! 1420 01:41:45,720 --> 01:41:49,486 It's just a bunch of crackpots still fighting the Civil War. 1421 01:41:49,920 --> 01:41:53,447 Well, we'd have won that son of a gun if the cornstalks would have held out. 1422 01:41:53,600 --> 01:41:55,602 We just ran out of ammunition. 1423 01:41:56,960 --> 01:41:58,883 Better luck next time, Pee Wee. 1424 01:42:02,600 --> 01:42:04,329 Ain't gonna be a next time, Jackie. 1425 01:42:04,480 --> 01:42:06,721 Hey, Reese! Carpetbagger! 1426 01:42:06,880 --> 01:42:11,249 All we got's right here. Right now. You know what I mean? 1427 01:42:13,520 --> 01:42:14,965 Thank you, Jackie. 1428 01:42:17,000 --> 01:42:18,729 What are you thanking me for? 1429 01:42:21,960 --> 01:42:24,361 I got family up there from Louisville. 1430 01:42:26,520 --> 01:42:28,170 I need them to know. 1431 01:42:29,760 --> 01:42:31,728 I need them to know who I am. 1432 01:42:39,840 --> 01:42:41,080 Hey, number 1! 1433 01:42:41,800 --> 01:42:43,848 You playing ball or socializing? 1434 01:42:45,800 --> 01:42:46,961 Playing ball, ump. 1435 01:42:47,120 --> 01:42:49,160 - Play ball! - Don't let them get to you! 1436 01:42:49,280 --> 01:42:50,770 Playing ball. 1437 01:42:51,880 --> 01:42:56,681 Maybe tomorrow we'll all wear 42. That way they won't tell us apart. 1438 01:43:04,400 --> 01:43:06,289 Come on, Jackie! 1439 01:43:15,840 --> 01:43:17,490 Let me ask you something, Jackie. 1440 01:43:17,640 --> 01:43:20,962 How come you never shower until everybody else is done? 1441 01:43:23,560 --> 01:43:24,686 What are you, shy? 1442 01:43:29,440 --> 01:43:31,647 I don't want to make anyone feel uncomfortable. 1443 01:43:32,360 --> 01:43:34,840 We're a team. On a hot streak. 1444 01:43:35,000 --> 01:43:37,480 Come on, half those wins were on account of you. 1445 01:43:38,560 --> 01:43:40,244 You're the bravest guy I ever saw. 1446 01:43:43,880 --> 01:43:46,770 You're leading us, you're afraid to take a shower? Heh. 1447 01:43:53,640 --> 01:43:55,768 Come on, take a shower with me, Jackie. 1448 01:44:00,320 --> 01:44:02,243 I didn't mean it like... 1449 01:44:07,320 --> 01:44:10,688 That came out wrong. I was not saying just take a shower with me. 1450 01:44:10,840 --> 01:44:13,491 I was saying, why don't we all go and take a shower. 1451 01:44:13,680 --> 01:44:14,681 - Like, why...? - Heh. 1452 01:44:14,840 --> 01:44:17,446 As a team, why don't we shower together. 1453 01:44:17,640 --> 01:44:20,120 - Heh. Branca? - Yeah. 1454 01:44:22,160 --> 01:44:25,323 - Stop. - Yeah. 1455 01:44:26,600 --> 01:44:27,886 I'm stopping. 1456 01:44:56,040 --> 01:44:59,965 We're in the last of a four-game series with the Cardinals. 1457 01:45:00,120 --> 01:45:04,409 These two teams are in a dogfight for first. Top of the 11th now, all tied up at 2. 1458 01:45:04,560 --> 01:45:07,166 For those of you just tuning in, how did we get here? 1459 01:45:07,360 --> 01:45:08,885 Well, it's been double trouble... 1460 01:45:09,040 --> 01:45:12,283 ...as Robinson knocked in Stanky with a double in the 3rd. 1461 01:45:12,440 --> 01:45:13,965 Shoot two! Shoot two! 1462 01:45:14,160 --> 01:45:16,640 And Dixie Walker did the same with a double in the 8th. 1463 01:45:18,520 --> 01:45:20,124 Second base! Second base! 1464 01:45:20,280 --> 01:45:21,560 But it wasn't enough... 1465 01:45:21,600 --> 01:45:24,524 ...as the Cardinals tied it up with two of their own in the 9th. 1466 01:45:24,680 --> 01:45:27,126 This game is crucial to the Red Birds. 1467 01:45:27,280 --> 01:45:28,486 They are five games out... 1468 01:45:28,640 --> 01:45:32,406 ...with the Dodgers not having relinquished first place since June 30th. 1469 01:45:33,040 --> 01:45:34,724 They call him "Country." 1470 01:45:34,880 --> 01:45:38,771 Slaughter's hitless in four trips. "Fireman" Casey in his second inning of relief. 1471 01:45:38,920 --> 01:45:41,924 This game is just as tight as a new pair of shoes on a rainy day. 1472 01:45:42,080 --> 01:45:44,082 Casey goes into his windup. 1473 01:45:45,200 --> 01:45:48,568 Slaughter hits a hard ground ball right at Reese, who fires it over to Jack at first. 1474 01:45:50,200 --> 01:45:51,406 Oh, my! 1475 01:45:51,560 --> 01:45:56,487 Robinson is down. Slaughter spiked him high up on the leg and he is down. 1476 01:45:56,640 --> 01:45:59,450 Goddamn it! You knew what you were doing! You spiked my guy! 1477 01:45:59,600 --> 01:46:01,045 Get up, Jackie. 1478 01:46:01,440 --> 01:46:03,522 Get him up, boys, get him up. 1479 01:46:03,680 --> 01:46:05,444 Stay off it. Team doc will be out. 1480 01:46:05,600 --> 01:46:09,047 Hugh, next guy up, you hit him right in the head. You clean his clock. 1481 01:46:09,200 --> 01:46:11,601 - No. Get me up. - No, lay down, man. You're staying. 1482 01:46:11,800 --> 01:46:13,609 No. Get me up! 1483 01:46:15,600 --> 01:46:17,011 Easy, kid. 1484 01:46:19,120 --> 01:46:20,645 Just get him out. 1485 01:46:22,600 --> 01:46:24,125 Just get him out. 1486 01:46:24,280 --> 01:46:25,281 Understand? 1487 01:46:27,760 --> 01:46:29,125 Game's too important. 1488 01:46:31,200 --> 01:46:32,850 Just get him out. 1489 01:46:33,720 --> 01:46:34,846 Go play ball. 1490 01:46:35,000 --> 01:46:37,367 - You a tough man, Jackie. - Let's get him out. 1491 01:46:37,520 --> 01:46:39,488 Jackie, what are saying? He spiked you on purpose? 1492 01:46:40,920 --> 01:46:42,445 You saw the play. 1493 01:46:42,600 --> 01:46:45,968 My foot was on the inside of the bag, he was out, but he kept coming. 1494 01:46:46,120 --> 01:46:48,646 - It was on purpose? - Slaughter said it was an accident. 1495 01:46:48,800 --> 01:46:50,325 What are you asking me for then? 1496 01:46:50,480 --> 01:46:52,801 - Are you calling Slaughter a liar? - Is he a liar? 1497 01:46:52,960 --> 01:46:55,850 Am I calling him a liar? What are you gonna write? 1498 01:46:56,000 --> 01:46:59,686 - Get out of here! Get out! - Come on, Rickey, let him finish the story! 1499 01:46:59,840 --> 01:47:01,760 Go on, let me talk to my first baseman. 1500 01:47:01,840 --> 01:47:03,046 - Is he a liar, Jackie? - Go! 1501 01:47:03,200 --> 01:47:06,010 - All right, all right. - Getting stitched up, for Pete's sake. 1502 01:47:06,160 --> 01:47:08,527 Just trying to do our job, Rickey. 1503 01:47:15,440 --> 01:47:18,011 - Looks good, Babe. - Thank you, sir. 1504 01:47:18,520 --> 01:47:22,411 Sticking up for himself is something you'd expect of any man. 1505 01:47:25,720 --> 01:47:29,042 Some find it galling in a Negro. 1506 01:47:41,040 --> 01:47:43,281 You know what I saw this morning? 1507 01:47:44,920 --> 01:47:49,050 I was passing a sandlot, little white boy was up at bat. 1508 01:47:51,200 --> 01:47:53,043 You know what he was doing? 1509 01:47:54,760 --> 01:47:56,489 Sitting on a fastball? 1510 01:47:56,640 --> 01:47:58,244 He was pretending he was you. 1511 01:47:59,320 --> 01:48:01,368 Rubbing dirt on his hands. 1512 01:48:01,560 --> 01:48:05,963 Swinging with his arms outstretched, like you do. 1513 01:48:06,160 --> 01:48:10,768 Little white boy pretending he is a black man. 1514 01:48:17,080 --> 01:48:19,162 Why'd you do this, Mr. Rickey? 1515 01:48:33,080 --> 01:48:35,890 We had a victory over fascism in Germany. 1516 01:48:36,040 --> 01:48:39,647 It's time we had a victory over racism at home. 1517 01:48:39,800 --> 01:48:41,211 No. 1518 01:48:41,760 --> 01:48:43,171 Why? 1519 01:48:44,880 --> 01:48:46,006 Why'd you do it? 1520 01:48:49,960 --> 01:48:51,291 Come on. 1521 01:48:52,480 --> 01:48:54,164 Tell me. 1522 01:48:56,960 --> 01:48:58,610 I love this game. 1523 01:48:59,880 --> 01:49:01,769 I love baseball. 1524 01:49:03,640 --> 01:49:05,642 Given my whole life to it. 1525 01:49:08,440 --> 01:49:13,526 Forty-odd years ago, I was a player-coach at Ohio Wesleyan University. 1526 01:49:14,120 --> 01:49:18,205 We had a Negro catcher. Best hitter on the team. 1527 01:49:18,880 --> 01:49:21,929 Charlie Thomas. Fine young man. 1528 01:49:22,480 --> 01:49:27,327 I saw him laid low, broken, because of the color of his skin. 1529 01:49:27,480 --> 01:49:29,482 And I didn't do enough to help. 1530 01:49:29,640 --> 01:49:32,041 Told myself I did, but I didn't. 1531 01:49:33,160 --> 01:49:38,451 There was something unfair at the heart of the game I loved. 1532 01:49:38,640 --> 01:49:40,005 And I ignored it. 1533 01:49:44,680 --> 01:49:46,409 But a time came... 1534 01:49:47,320 --> 01:49:49,687 ...when I could no longer do that. 1535 01:49:53,160 --> 01:49:54,764 You... 1536 01:49:57,280 --> 01:49:59,886 You let me love baseball again. 1537 01:50:05,560 --> 01:50:06,846 Thank you. 1538 01:50:14,320 --> 01:50:17,085 Last long road trip of the year. 1539 01:50:18,280 --> 01:50:20,726 And two long faces, huh? 1540 01:50:36,240 --> 01:50:38,288 Try not to lunge at the plate. 1541 01:50:40,200 --> 01:50:41,690 You serious? 1542 01:50:41,840 --> 01:50:44,684 That's why they're throwing the fastballs inside. 1543 01:50:45,920 --> 01:50:48,241 Fight those inside fastballs off... 1544 01:50:48,400 --> 01:50:52,644 ...sooner or later they won't be able to help but throw a curve. 1545 01:50:53,880 --> 01:50:56,247 And what'll happen then, coach? 1546 01:51:03,240 --> 01:51:05,083 - Is that right? - Mm-hm. 1547 01:51:06,080 --> 01:51:09,562 Well, you know, if we win enough of these next games... 1548 01:51:10,080 --> 01:51:11,844 ...we bring home the pennant. 1549 01:51:13,120 --> 01:51:15,009 You bring yourself home. 1550 01:51:16,080 --> 01:51:17,730 That'll be plenty. 1551 01:51:19,000 --> 01:51:20,604 You're in my heart. 1552 01:51:23,960 --> 01:51:27,407 Since the 4th of July, the Brooklyn Dodgers have gone on a hot streak... 1553 01:51:27,560 --> 01:51:30,040 ...holding off all challengers. 1554 01:51:30,440 --> 01:51:32,283 During that time and during this season... 1555 01:51:32,440 --> 01:51:35,046 ...I have watched Jackie Robinson submerge himself... 1556 01:51:35,200 --> 01:51:36,850 ...to serve something greater. 1557 01:51:38,560 --> 01:51:41,769 And I don't mean the Brooklyn Dodgers, though he's doing that too. 1558 01:51:42,600 --> 01:51:45,763 The man flat-out has guts. 1559 01:51:45,920 --> 01:51:49,208 A stand-up force of nature, he's complicated everything but himself. 1560 01:51:49,360 --> 01:51:52,807 He's changing the world and refusing to let it change him. 1561 01:51:54,360 --> 01:51:56,249 But baseball isn't tennis. 1562 01:51:56,440 --> 01:51:58,169 It takes a team. 1563 01:51:59,120 --> 01:52:01,487 Joining together was a start. 1564 01:52:01,640 --> 01:52:03,802 Staying together, a big step forward. 1565 01:52:03,960 --> 01:52:06,122 But working together is how you win. 1566 01:52:06,320 --> 01:52:07,560 Out! 1567 01:52:09,360 --> 01:52:11,328 Jackie, you son of a gun, I could kiss you! 1568 01:52:11,480 --> 01:52:12,641 Nice catch. 1569 01:52:12,800 --> 01:52:14,290 Yours or mine? Heh. 1570 01:52:14,800 --> 01:52:17,485 Down the stretch on the last long road trip of the year... 1571 01:52:17,640 --> 01:52:21,008 ...Jackie Robinson and the Brooklyn Dodgers are doing exactly that. 1572 01:52:21,800 --> 01:52:25,088 They're holding off the Cardinals and streaking towards the pennant. 1573 01:52:27,840 --> 01:52:30,320 Boss, we did it. 1574 01:52:30,480 --> 01:52:32,721 We did it, we swept Cincinnati! 1575 01:52:32,880 --> 01:52:34,291 Great, Harold. 1576 01:52:34,440 --> 01:52:36,329 One more win could do it. 1577 01:52:36,480 --> 01:52:38,528 Who's pitching tomorrow for the Pirates? 1578 01:52:39,680 --> 01:52:41,330 Ostermueller. 1579 01:52:44,080 --> 01:52:46,003 Fritz Ostermueller on the mound. 1580 01:52:46,160 --> 01:52:47,844 He's 12-8 on the season. 1581 01:52:48,000 --> 01:52:50,241 A big game today in Pittsburgh. 1582 01:52:50,400 --> 01:52:53,609 A win and the Dodgers will have clinched the National League pennant... 1583 01:52:53,760 --> 01:52:56,366 ...Yankees having already clinched in the American League. 1584 01:52:56,520 --> 01:52:57,681 There's bad blood here... 1585 01:52:57,840 --> 01:53:01,526 ...as Ostermueller beaned Robinson in the head earlier in the season... 1586 01:53:01,680 --> 01:53:04,251 ...prompting quite a rhubarb at the time. 1587 01:53:05,960 --> 01:53:07,883 Teams have gone their separate ways since... 1588 01:53:08,040 --> 01:53:10,520 ...with Ostermueller left standing in the Dodgers' way... 1589 01:53:10,720 --> 01:53:13,291 ...as they chase the pennant that eluded them last year. 1590 01:53:13,440 --> 01:53:15,249 Come on, Jackie, let's go! 1591 01:53:19,560 --> 01:53:20,760 Here comes the pitch. 1592 01:53:21,320 --> 01:53:23,368 And Robinson takes outside. Ball one. 1593 01:53:23,560 --> 01:53:26,928 - Come on, Fritz, let's get this boy! - You don't belong here. 1594 01:53:27,120 --> 01:53:28,645 And you never will. 1595 01:53:28,800 --> 01:53:30,484 Robinson crowding the plate. 1596 01:53:30,640 --> 01:53:32,927 Jack hasn't backed down to a pitcher all season. 1597 01:53:33,080 --> 01:53:34,161 There you go, Jackie! 1598 01:53:34,320 --> 01:53:38,564 You got nothing for him, Ostermueller! But he's got something for you! 1599 01:53:40,880 --> 01:53:42,882 Ostermueller winds and throws. 1600 01:53:43,080 --> 01:53:44,844 Low and away, ball two. 1601 01:53:45,120 --> 01:53:47,122 Fritz seems to be pitching around Jackie... 1602 01:53:47,280 --> 01:53:50,250 ...or as they say in the trade, trying to get him to chase. 1603 01:53:50,400 --> 01:53:52,402 Robinson's having a fine rookie standard... 1604 01:53:52,560 --> 01:53:55,643 ...batting .301 with 31 doubles and 10 home runs. 1605 01:53:55,800 --> 01:53:58,929 He has stolen 27 bases this season and has yet to be thrown out attempting. 1606 01:54:00,880 --> 01:54:03,201 Needless to say, Ostermueller being careful with him. 1607 01:54:05,240 --> 01:54:06,969 It's 3-0 now. 1608 01:54:07,520 --> 01:54:10,444 Robinson patient, waiting for something he can swing on. 1609 01:54:10,920 --> 01:54:12,445 Give me something. 1610 01:54:13,880 --> 01:54:15,405 Give me something I can hit. 1611 01:54:15,560 --> 01:54:16,766 You want it? 1612 01:54:16,920 --> 01:54:18,490 What are you afraid of? 1613 01:54:28,320 --> 01:54:30,129 What are you afraid of? 1614 01:54:32,160 --> 01:54:33,969 Ostermueller looking in for the sign. 1615 01:54:34,120 --> 01:54:36,771 Be careful what you ask for, boy. 1616 01:54:41,560 --> 01:54:43,449 And here comes the pitch. 1617 01:54:47,440 --> 01:54:49,602 Oh, and that's a deep fly ball to left. 1618 01:54:49,760 --> 01:54:52,001 Kiner on his horse, I don't think he'll get there. 1619 01:54:52,160 --> 01:54:53,730 Back, back, back, and... 1620 01:54:53,880 --> 01:54:56,360 Oh, ho, ho, doctor! 1621 01:54:56,520 --> 01:54:58,648 Robinson got his pitch! 1622 01:54:58,800 --> 01:55:00,040 It's a home run. 1623 01:55:01,440 --> 01:55:02,771 And barring a miracle comeback... 1624 01:55:02,920 --> 01:55:05,810 ...the Dodgers are going to the World Series! 1625 01:55:06,000 --> 01:55:07,001 Yes! 1626 01:55:08,640 --> 01:55:10,005 He did it, he did it! 1627 01:55:21,680 --> 01:55:23,330 Pittsburgh! 1628 01:55:27,320 --> 01:55:28,367 Yes! 1629 01:55:28,680 --> 01:55:30,364 Way to go, Jackie! 1630 01:55:33,360 --> 01:55:36,728 Jack in his home run trot now, and the home crowd here at Forbes... 1631 01:55:36,880 --> 01:55:39,486 ...recognizing something special when they see it. 1632 01:55:39,640 --> 01:55:41,847 All the same, I can practically hear the roar... 1633 01:55:42,000 --> 01:55:44,526 ...from the heart of Flatbush back in Brooklyn. 1634 01:56:19,640 --> 01:56:22,405 Jackie, yeah, yeah! 1635 01:56:22,560 --> 01:56:26,531 Robinson rounds third... 1636 01:56:30,120 --> 01:56:32,248 ...headed for home... 1637 01:56:33,440 --> 01:56:35,442 ...sweet home. 124097