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Lest We Forget: Jesse Jackson and Robert Duvall

February 17, 2026 · 0 comments

What is going on these days? So many legendary figures passing away. I guess it’s inevitable. The heroes of our younger days have grown older and death comes to us all. While neither Jesse Jackson nor Robert Duvall were directly associated with baseball, they both had seminal if ancillary moments around the national pastime. Jesse […]

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* Politics and baseball: Strange bedfellows

August 26, 2008

Rev. Jesse Jackson is no stranger to the national pastime. In the past he has agitated for the hiring of more minorities for management positions, which is a good thing Nevertheless, he seems to have angered many by his comparison of Barack Obama to Jackie Robinson. According to newspaper reports “Barack Obama has the capacity […]

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