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Major League Baseball legend and National Baseball Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson candidly recalled the racism he faced while playing in Alabama, saying, "I wouldn't wish it on anyone."
Reginald Martinez "Reggie" Jackson was born on May 18, 1946, in the Wyncote neighborhood of Cheltenham Township, Pennsylvania, just north of Philadelphia.His father, Martinez Jackson, who was half Puerto Rican, [5] worked as a tailor and was a former second baseman with the Newark Eagles of Negro league baseball. [6]
As Jackson's comments make the online rounds, social media users are celebrating and supporting him. "Reggie and so many others went thru Hell and came out of it a Hall of Famers. Absolutely ...
Oakland played the Series without its star outfielder Reggie Jackson, who was injured (pulled hamstring) stealing home in the second inning of the final game of the ALCS at Detroit on October 12. [ 4 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Left-handed reliever Darold Knowles was also missing for the Athletics, breaking his thumb on September 27, less than three weeks ...
Jackson played 114 games for the Birmingham A's before he was called up to the Kansas City Athletics. He proceeded to become an icon with the Oakland A's and New York Yankees, earning his "Mr ...
Reggie Jackson finally got the Yankees on the board with a one-out RBI single. With Thurman Munson on second and Jackson on first, Lou Piniella hit a low, soft liner that shortstop Bill Russell fumbled (some claim intentionally). Russell recovered the ball, then stepped on second to force Jackson, then his attempted throw to first to complete ...
Baseball great Reggie Jackson offered fans a stark history lesson on Thursday, recalling the racism Black players faced in the segregated South of the 1960s, on a day the sport celebrated its ...
The 1978 American League East tie-breaker game was a one-game extension to Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1978 regular season.The game was played at Fenway Park in Boston on the afternoon of Monday, October 2 between the rival New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox to determine the winner of the American League's (AL) East Division.