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And I'd Be Lying If I Told You That As A Black Man In Baseball I Hadn't Gone Through Worse Times Than My Teammates.

I Was Told By The General Manager That A White Player Had Received A Higher Raise Than Me. Because White People Required More Money To Live Than Black People. That Is Why I Wasn't Going To Get A Raise.

I Lost Money, Coaching Jobs, A Shot At The Hall Of Fame. But When You Weigh That Against All The Things That Are Really And Truly Important, Things That Are Deep Inside You, Then I Think I've Succeeded.

If You Destroyed The Underpinnings Of This Great American Sport, You Are A Hated, Ugly, Detestable Person.

The Funny Thing About These Uniforms Is That You Hang Them In The Closet And They Get Smaller And Smaller.