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Message: [QUOTE="cohenzone, post: 3046836, member: 504"] One of the great heroes in American sports history and arguably American history period played for those teams. Pee Wee Reese, the Kentucky Colonel, basically shamed the bigots in baseball into accepting Jackie Robinson and helping him to get through his earliest years of abuse from players and fans. No doubt he helped set a positive atmosphere for future African American players like Newcomb and guys who got into the league through the early 50s. [/QUOTE]