[Old School Hound]

Chandler was strongly connected to segregationalist politics .The year after Robinson joined the Dodgers, Chandler embraced the Dixiecrats, a segregationist party led by Cherokee's hero, Strom Thurmond; and in 1968 Chandler was eager to be George Wallace's running mate on his third-party ticket. One doesn't need to be a history scholar to know Chandler's ties to racism.

Baseball HOF'er ,  Ralph Kiner, who was with the Pirates in 1947, and active in player-management affairs , was once asked about  what Chandler actually did in the Robinson saga :

His response, "As far as I know, not a thing."   That's Ralph Kiner's words, not mine.

"It was all Branch Rickey that got Robinson into organized baseball," said Frank Slocum, who worked in the National League office at the time. "Whatever Chandler did was forced on him."



MAGA Republicans don't know history. They lie about history !!!

As I said before, not hard to read between the lines of the poster I questioned before.  If Chandler had been allowed to own 132 slaves like Washington did, Happy would have gladly done so.


One final note for those who still aren't convinced.  According to This Great Game , Ty Cobb, often described as openly racist, disparaged blacks as “darkies” and insisted that their place in baseball was reserved as “clubhouse help.”  It is also very well known that Cobb, who hated a lot of people, absolutely loved a man by the name of Albert B. "Happy" Chandler.  Chandler was a trustee of the foundation of the racist HOF'er, Cobb. They were close associates. Like minds make great friends, I guess.

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If Cal and his Cats disappoint some of you who have contributed to this thread and advance to the Final Four, will you publicly apologize to UK's Hall of Fame coach in this thread before all of BGR?

Who will make a pledge to apologize to Cal when the Cats advance to the Final Four?