I lost money, coaching jobs, a shot at the Hall of Fame.
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But I want you to know that what I'm doing here I'm doing as a ballplayer, a major league ballplayer.
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Customary though it may be to write about that institutionalized pastime as though it existed apart from the general environment, my story does not lend itself to such treatment.
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Baseball was socially relevant, and so was my rebellion against it.
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All the grand work was laid for people who came after me. The Supreme Court decided not to give it to me, so they gave it to two white guys. I think that's what they were waiting for.
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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.
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Marie Antoinette
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