Important Baseball, Political Ephemera, Political Cartoons and Photographic Collections of Cliff Evans, (1915-1983), Award Winning Print and Broadcast Journalist

Lot #0125: 1958 Signed Thank You Note from MLB second baseman, shortstop and manager Eddie Stanky to Clifford Evans. Sports Baseball Memorabilia

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Stanky contributed to the breaking of the color barrier as a member of the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. Upon first meeting Jackie Robinson at spring training, Stanky told him he was not in favor of integrating baseball, and that he was unhappy that it was his own team doing it, but that despite his own personal feelings, Robinson was now his teammate, and Stanky promised he would have his back. When Robinson began playing that season, he was treated harshly and discriminated against, and frequently taunted with insults and threats by players from the opposing teams. Stanky stayed silent at first, but finally yelled back at Ben Chapman's racist insults during a game. Not long afterward, the other Dodgers began to stand up for Robinson as well.

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