"I know Hank [Aaron] and Jackie [Robinson] took a good deal of crap, but I guarantee it wasn't for six years. I just keep thinking: How much am I supposed to take?"

Today being Jackie Robinson Day, here's an article I missed last year on JR, desegregation, and his 1960 endorsement of Nixon:

http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2013/4/15/4225534/jackie-robinson-richard-nixon-42-movie-civil-rights

yeah ppl (bill james esp) love to bring up robinson's republicanism and almost always fail to mention his disillusionment w/ nixon and intense repudiation of the party and goldwater in particular in 64. thought the bump would be because of this - http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2014/04/14/jackie-robinson-day-mlb-hank-aaron-racism-still-exists/7723045/