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And it's still resonates to 0:02:01.120 --> 0:02:06.920 this day and I love that Major League Baseball honors 0:02:07.000 --> 0:02:10.560 Jackie Robinson for what he went through, what he did, 0:02:11.720 --> 0:02:17.320 what he had to endure in order to allow black 0:02:17.680 --> 0:02:21.240 and brown players to play Major League baseball, which was 0:02:21.280 --> 0:02:27.520 a huge, huge step back in nineteen forty seven. And 0:02:27.639 --> 0:02:32.360 today Baseball celebrates Jackie Robinson today and tomorrow, which is great. 0:02:32.440 --> 0:02:36.600 It's actually today and tomorrow, all players, all on field 0:02:36.600 --> 0:02:40.120 people will wear the number forty two, which is the 0:02:40.240 --> 0:02:44.359 number that Jackie Robinson wore. And people will read a 0:02:44.400 --> 0:02:49.160 lot of stuff about Jackie Robinson today. And Chris, I 0:02:49.280 --> 0:02:52.400 have a new website out called mlbbro dot com. Please 0:02:52.520 --> 0:02:55.840 go there check out some of the stuff about Jackie Robinson. 0:02:55.880 --> 0:02:59.080 And Chris, what are your thoughts on Jackie Robinson in 0:02:59.160 --> 0:03:01.360 this day? And I think he's a hero to a 0:03:01.400 --> 0:03:05.079 lot of people. Man, he's he is a great American hero. 0:03:05.639 --> 0:03:09.040 It's as simple as that. Not just to African Americans, 0:03:09.680 --> 0:03:13.560 but he should be a hero to all Americans. He 0:03:13.720 --> 0:03:19.880 is the athletic embodiment of what America has always said 0:03:19.919 --> 0:03:23.840 it's still for on paper right, America hasn't, hadn't stood 0:03:23.880 --> 0:03:28.680 for those things all the time, but it liberate freedom, liberty, 0:03:28.680 --> 0:03:32.960 and justice for all. That wasn't the case before Jackie 0:03:33.040 --> 0:03:37.360 Robinson in sports even I mean it's still got issues obviously, 0:03:37.400 --> 0:03:42.080 but even in sports, that was not the case. And 0:03:42.120 --> 0:03:46.480 so he is not only a great African American hero, 0:03:47.040 --> 0:03:49.240 he is an American hero. And one thing I like 0:03:49.360 --> 0:03:53.840 to see rob is a sport that, let's face it, 0:03:53.880 --> 0:03:55.760 at this point, doesn't have a lot a lot of 0:03:55.760 --> 0:03:59.720 African Americans about eight percent African American. But yet seeing 0:03:59.760 --> 0:04:05.520 them honor Jackie Robinson the way they are and most 0:04:05.520 --> 0:04:07.960 of the players aren't African American, I think that that 0:04:08.440 --> 0:04:12.320 just kind of highlights how he was such a hero 0:04:12.520 --> 0:04:15.800 not just for blacks, but he's a he should be 0:04:15.880 --> 0:04:19.640 viewed as a hero for all Americans, regardless of your race. 0:04:20.040 --> 0:04:22.320 And it's interesting, right because we wanted to talk about, 0:04:22.360 --> 0:04:26.400 you know, what other athletes have kind of had the 0:04:26.440 --> 0:04:30.480 type of impact that Jackie Robinson has had. And I 0:04:30.520 --> 0:04:32.960 think when you look at some of the great, you know, 0:04:33.000 --> 0:04:37.680 African American athletes, it's it's interesting as I was thinking 0:04:37.720 --> 0:04:43.919 about it, because a lot of them really embody a 0:04:44.120 --> 0:04:48.240 certain aspect of black culture that they kind of bring 0:04:48.240 --> 0:04:52.239 into the mainstream, you know, and Jackie Robinson, I would 0:04:52.240 --> 0:04:56.560 say he was like the embodiment of the civil rights 0:04:56.680 --> 0:05:00.440 movement in sports, right, you know he was. He was 0:05:00.480 --> 0:05:06.000 like the Martin Luther King of sports. I think Mohammed 0:05:06.080 --> 0:05:11.600 Ali was like the Malcolm X of sports. Jackie Robinson 0:05:11.680 --> 0:05:16.560 got more done tangibly then Ali. I was gonna say, Chris, 0:05:16.640 --> 0:05:18.800 did you did you see the movie forty two, the 0:05:18.839 --> 0:05:22.839 recent one that was done about Jackie Robins Chadwick, the 0:05:22.920 --> 0:05:26.320 late Chad Boseman, who was great in that movie, right, 0:05:26.600 --> 0:05:31.480 absolutely great. But Chris I was almost in tears. You 0:05:31.920 --> 0:05:34.880 know what scene I'm talking about where he's playing in 0:05:34.920 --> 0:05:38.600 Philadelphia and the manager is calling them all kinds of names, 0:05:39.360 --> 0:05:42.479 and you know he knew he couldn't lash back out. 0:05:43.080 --> 0:05:46.520 He couldn't fight Chris, you know what I mean, like 0:05:46.520 --> 0:05:50.120 like the way he was treated and he understood, like 0:05:50.160 --> 0:05:52.120 you were just talking about him being closer to Martin 0:05:52.200 --> 0:05:56.000 Luther King and non violent and that's why he was 0:05:56.120 --> 0:05:58.920 picked to be that guy. He wasn't the best player 0:05:58.920 --> 0:06:01.960 in the negro Leagues. He wasn't the best about the 0:06:02.000 --> 0:06:05.960 negro Leagues league, right because Jackie Robinson And let's not 0:06:06.080 --> 0:06:08.520 forget Chris and I bring this up on our show 0:06:08.560 --> 0:06:11.599 all the time because writers get bashed all the time 0:06:11.680 --> 0:06:15.520 that that you know, we're about picking people Chris and awards. 0:06:15.960 --> 0:06:19.919 Let's just be honest. Jackie Robinson was the Rookie of 0:06:20.000 --> 0:06:23.839 the Year in nineteen forty seven and Chris. Back then, 0:06:24.440 --> 0:06:27.240 there wasn't an al Rookie of the Year in an NL, 0:06:27.440 --> 0:06:31.840 just one for the entire league. Jackie Robinson won that award. 0:06:32.160 --> 0:06:37.160 And remember every baseball writer in the BBWAA back then 0:06:37.640 --> 0:06:42.160 was white, Every player was white, every owner was white, 0:06:42.400 --> 0:06:45.760 every umpire was white. And who was the Rookie of 0:06:45.760 --> 0:06:49.960 the Year Jackie Robinson? Why Chris because he could play, 0:06:50.520 --> 0:06:53.839 because he was great. I think that speaks to in 0:06:53.880 --> 0:06:58.360 the point you're making is the objectivity of reporters and 0:06:58.440 --> 0:07:02.320 writers who vote. Now, look, and I'm sure you agree 0:07:02.360 --> 0:07:04.960 with this, rob I'm sure a lot of those white 0:07:04.960 --> 0:07:11.040 writers were racist, but yet they were like, look, when 0:07:11.040 --> 0:07:14.920 it comes to my job, I got integrity and this 0:07:15.040 --> 0:07:18.400 was the best player, so I'm voting for him. And 0:07:18.440 --> 0:07:20.880 so you're right. Because we catch flak all the time, 0:07:20.920 --> 0:07:27.320 whether it's All Star Games or MVP awards, they got 0:07:27.320 --> 0:07:30.880 to ask the grind all better be happy that the 0:07:30.920 --> 0:07:34.600 players don't pick the MVP. Yes, real talk. Yes, I 0:07:34.600 --> 0:07:36.680 mean we rob You bring it up all the time. 0:07:37.040 --> 0:07:39.320 When they first let the players vote for All Star 0:07:39.520 --> 0:07:43.120 what one hundred and thirty like that didn't vote for 0:07:43.240 --> 0:07:46.120 Lebron the Hunt even more didn't vote for Durant or something. 0:07:46.120 --> 0:07:49.440 It was ridiculous, right, So stop it. I mean, we're 0:07:49.600 --> 0:07:52.360 we're the ones. We're not tooting our own horn, but 0:07:52.440 --> 0:07:55.240 let us vote because we don't have a horse in 0:07:55.280 --> 0:07:59.560 the race. Really, we don't think that Jackie Robinson voting 0:07:59.600 --> 0:08:02.040 tells you all you need to know. Seriously, I think 0:08:02.080 --> 0:08:05.520 for that time. But Chris, when you think about great 0:08:06.920 --> 0:08:10.720 players who have made an impact in this country, I 0:08:10.760 --> 0:08:13.720 don't know if there's anybody bigger than Jackie Robinson, but 0:08:14.080 --> 0:08:17.640 we would love to hear from people and their thoughts 0:08:17.680 --> 0:08:20.560 eight seven seven ninety nine on Fox. Muhammad Ali is 0:08:20.640 --> 0:08:23.640 right up there, Chris as well. I don't Yeah, it's 0:08:23.760 --> 0:08:26.320 different ways in which things were there. As I said, 0:08:26.680 --> 0:08:29.640 I would equate Jackie Robinson to the Martin Luther King 0:08:30.120 --> 0:08:33.600 of sports. Like you said, non violent or any other 0:08:33.720 --> 0:08:36.880 cheek you know, took all the slights and insults and 0:08:37.360 --> 0:08:40.240 you know, just just still excelled through it, right, And 0:08:40.320 --> 0:08:46.560 still excelled. Mohammed Ali was more like a Malcolm X 0:08:47.120 --> 0:08:51.920 and Muhammad Ali. You can't point to a ton of 0:08:52.160 --> 0:08:57.920 tangible things necessary laws changed and things like that, but 0:08:58.520 --> 0:09:03.600 psychologically he had such a great impact on the African 0:09:03.600 --> 0:09:07.400 American community and really in turn America as a whole. 0:09:07.920 --> 0:09:11.040 That's what Malcolm X was. Malcolm X stood up to 0:09:11.480 --> 0:09:15.600 the system, said what he wanted to say, called out 0:09:15.760 --> 0:09:19.400 wrongdoing by whites anytime he wanted to. And that's what 0:09:19.559 --> 0:09:22.640 Muhammed al leeded. Malcolm X didn't change laws and things 0:09:22.679 --> 0:09:26.520 like that, but he stood up like a man, and 0:09:26.559 --> 0:09:30.040 that's what people look, that's what people loved about Muhammed Ali. 0:09:30.320 --> 0:09:36.720 He was unashamedly black. And the thing, the thing that 0:09:36.840 --> 0:09:40.800 I always think of Muhammad Ali is black pride. Like 0:09:40.880 --> 0:09:44.440 he was a prideful man and and he made it 0:09:44.520 --> 0:09:47.000 like it was good to be black, do you know 0:09:47.040 --> 0:09:50.160 what I mean? And I think that's what he that's 0:09:50.200 --> 0:09:55.720 what he uh was able to hum relay to the 0:09:55.840 --> 0:09:58.520 to the masses and the black people that you know, 0:09:58.600 --> 0:10:03.000 black pride, Black hour like that's what the embodiment of 0:10:03.080 --> 0:10:06.600 that in sports? Absolutely yep, you're right. And and to 0:10:06.800 --> 0:10:11.520 drive the point Home about certain athletes embodying a portion 0:10:11.600 --> 0:10:14.760 of black culture and pushing it into the mainstream. Now, 0:10:14.800 --> 0:10:18.199 this guy is not on the level of Jackie Robinson 0:10:18.240 --> 0:10:21.280 and Ali buying stretches for as far as his impact, Well, 0:10:21.320 --> 0:10:23.840 I was gonna bring up I think you might think 0:10:23.840 --> 0:10:26.719 I'm bring up somebody else. I was gonna say iverson 0:10:26.800 --> 0:10:31.000 Alan Iverson in terms of the hip hop culture, like 0:10:31.280 --> 0:10:34.880 the Lebron I will, yeah, So I was just gonna 0:10:34.880 --> 0:10:38.800 say that. That's another example of the embodiment of a 0:10:38.920 --> 0:10:42.000 part of black culture is Alan Iverson with the corn 0:10:42.080 --> 0:10:45.880 rolls and bringing that into mainstream society. Let me get 0:10:45.920 --> 0:10:52.640 to Lebron because rob Lebron man, he has done so much. 0:10:53.520 --> 0:10:57.000 Now obviously, I mean somebody broke the color line. That 0:10:57.080 --> 0:11:01.400 was Jackie Robinson. Nobody can compare to that, um Ali, 0:11:02.160 --> 0:11:06.280 like you said, just the courage and the black pride 0:11:06.320 --> 0:11:13.760 he displayed. But Lebron, I think rob Lebron is setting 0:11:13.760 --> 0:11:15.960 a blueprint. And a lot of people think of the 0:11:16.080 --> 0:11:18.760 more than a vote, which was great. A lot of 0:11:18.760 --> 0:11:21.960 people think of the tray ViOn Martin you know post 0:11:22.040 --> 0:11:24.679 with him in the Miami Heat with the hoodies. Great. 0:11:24.760 --> 0:11:28.480 He's been outspoken about it. That's great, but and that's 0:11:28.480 --> 0:11:30.800 good not salute him for that, And I'm proud of 0:11:30.880 --> 0:11:33.480 him for that and happy he does it. But it 0:11:33.520 --> 0:11:37.200 doesn't take as much courage to do that today as 0:11:37.240 --> 0:11:40.520 it took when Muhammad Ali was doing it. No, I 0:11:40.600 --> 0:11:42.520 agree with that, you know what I'm saying, Like, yeah, 0:11:42.679 --> 0:11:46.920 it grageous for me and you to do it right 0:11:46.960 --> 0:11:48.960 as it took Ali. We could do it too, but 0:11:49.200 --> 0:11:51.240 it's just a different time. But I'm sorry, go ahead. No, 0:11:51.280 --> 0:11:53.640 I was gonna say, Muhammad Ali didn't know if he'd 0:11:53.640 --> 0:11:56.080 ever box again or make a living. He didn't know. 0:11:56.720 --> 0:12:00.400 You know, lebron is a gazillionaire, has plenty of money 0:12:00.520 --> 0:12:04.000 no matter what, and they can't really heard not play 0:12:04.040 --> 0:12:06.320 another game for the rest of his life and his 0:12:06.840 --> 0:12:09.920 generations upon generations are set. But you brought up a 0:12:09.960 --> 0:12:14.640 great point robe that people lose when they think about Ali. 0:12:16.040 --> 0:12:18.280 People think of him as all he had to take 0:12:18.320 --> 0:12:20.760 three years off because he didn't go to Vietnam, and 0:12:21.280 --> 0:12:23.840 they we talk about it like he knew he was 0:12:23.920 --> 0:12:27.679 coming back right for all, he knew everything he had 0:12:27.720 --> 0:12:31.120 worked for since he was twelve years old and started boxing. 0:12:31.920 --> 0:12:36.319 He threw it away, not for it because he was 0:12:36.360 --> 0:12:39.760 acting up before legitimate cause. He was willing to walk 0:12:39.800 --> 0:12:45.880 away from his individual dream for what he felt was 0:12:45.920 --> 0:12:49.280 the higher moral principle and for the great good. Not 0:12:49.360 --> 0:12:51.760 too many people are willing to do that, Chris. That's 0:12:51.800 --> 0:12:55.400 why Colin Kaepernick, when you think about where he was 0:12:55.440 --> 0:12:59.920 in his career and what he did, Chris, the mistry 0:13:00.120 --> 0:13:04.880 meant and the brutality by police that didn't happen to 0:13:04.960 --> 0:13:08.240 him or to his family member or anything. These were 0:13:08.280 --> 0:13:11.880 people he didn't even know, right, think about that, right, 0:13:11.960 --> 0:13:13.680 and he didn't even grow up like that. He grew 0:13:13.720 --> 0:13:18.160 up my family exactly. So he for him to take 0:13:18.240 --> 0:13:20.920 that kind of responsibility, to step out there and give 0:13:21.000 --> 0:13:24.080 up all that he had worked for as an NFL 0:13:24.200 --> 0:13:28.040 quarterback speaks volume. So Kaepernick is another guy we can 0:13:28.120 --> 0:13:30.800 include in the conversation, which we got something. A lot 0:13:30.840 --> 0:13:33.679 of people won't want to include him in there, but 0:13:34.080 --> 0:13:37.000 I was he gave up, He gave up his career, 0:13:37.000 --> 0:13:39.280 and I think rob a lot of people talk about, 0:13:40.360 --> 0:13:42.600 you know, well he did. Some people say, oh, he 0:13:42.679 --> 0:13:46.160 did it for publicity or what. No, not me if 0:13:46.200 --> 0:13:48.040 he was a star, if he was still a star, 0:13:48.120 --> 0:13:49.839 because remember he was a star for about two or 0:13:49.880 --> 0:13:53.080 three years. If he was still a superstar, it would 0:13:53.080 --> 0:13:55.719 have been easier to do it because he would have 0:13:55.960 --> 0:13:57.760 he was so good, they would have kept him in 0:13:57.800 --> 0:14:00.520 the league. But he was a dude player at that up. 0:14:00.600 --> 0:14:03.200 He was a backup. To do that as a backup, 0:14:03.240 --> 0:14:05.800 it's huge and shows that it really means something for you. 0:14:05.840 --> 0:14:07.400 Let me throw this out though, before we go to 0:14:07.440 --> 0:14:11.120 the callers. Rob Lebron James, I don't want it to 0:14:11.160 --> 0:14:14.560 be lost what he's doing when I say, I really 0:14:14.640 --> 0:14:20.560 believe Rob, that Lebron James is setting the blueprint for 0:14:20.640 --> 0:14:27.280 what African American athletes should be doing today. And by 0:14:27.080 --> 0:14:30.040 what I'm saying is you, Rob, you and I remember 0:14:30.080 --> 0:14:33.640 we were covering the league when kind of entourages became big. Right, 0:14:34.080 --> 0:14:36.800 you know got brothers, you know, make it to the league, 0:14:36.840 --> 0:14:39.240 and they got three or four of their best friends 0:14:39.240 --> 0:14:41.240 that they grew up with just hanging around them. They 0:14:41.400 --> 0:14:46.280 kicking it, traveling with them all that fine, right, right, 0:14:46.360 --> 0:14:48.800 I mean and and and they your boys. So they 0:14:48.840 --> 0:14:51.360 didn't mean to do it, and you certainly didn't mean 0:14:51.400 --> 0:14:53.320 to do it. But in a lot of cases, they 0:14:53.400 --> 0:14:57.160 end up just sucking your money, right, hangers on her 0:14:57.280 --> 0:14:59.840 rights because they just you, you pay if everything for 0:15:00.000 --> 0:15:03.960 and they're not developing themselves in the career or anything. 0:15:04.480 --> 0:15:09.160 Lebron said, look, I got my boys. I'm gonna put 0:15:09.200 --> 0:15:13.800 you guys in position. I'm gonna use my position to 0:15:13.840 --> 0:15:18.960 put you in position to become moguls in your own right. 0:15:19.200 --> 0:15:22.920 And Rich Paul has become the most right now, he's 0:15:23.040 --> 0:15:26.400 arguably the most powerful agent in the NBA. You got 0:15:27.000 --> 0:15:31.520 Maverick Carter who is now a media mogul with Springhill 0:15:31.640 --> 0:15:35.120 Entertainment and all of that. And they just there were 0:15:35.160 --> 0:15:37.520 just some news that oh they're gonna you know, you 0:15:37.600 --> 0:15:39.920 got Space Jam coming out. But now they're gonna do 0:15:40.000 --> 0:15:41.920 House Party, which I think would be great because I 0:15:41.920 --> 0:15:43.960 thought that was a great movie. So they're doing a 0:15:44.080 --> 0:15:47.320 remake of House Party. But my point is, I would 0:15:47.440 --> 0:15:49.960 like to see these brothers instead of just having your 0:15:49.960 --> 0:15:51.680 boys hang out and kick it with you. You You can 0:15:51.720 --> 0:15:55.760 do that too, but put them in position to empower themselves. 0:15:55.880 --> 0:15:59.320 When Lebron retires, Rich Paul still be powerful, Maverick Carter 0:15:59.440 --> 0:16:02.600 still be power, and then people they've brought up under them. 0:16:03.480 --> 0:16:06.680 I would like to see more guys do that. Send 0:16:06.720 --> 0:16:09.960 your boy to college. Yeah, I mean seriously tell you 0:16:10.160 --> 0:16:12.480 you gotta get years to graduate. My man, when you 0:16:12.520 --> 0:16:14.680 come out, you can be my business manager or whatever. 0:16:15.000 --> 0:16:19.000 But use your your connection to Nike to get them 0:16:19.000 --> 0:16:21.360 a job with Nike. You Rob, you know that, that's 0:16:21.360 --> 0:16:25.040 how this business works. You you know, or this this 0:16:25.040 --> 0:16:28.600 this corporate world. So Lebron, I don't want to to 0:16:28.680 --> 0:16:30.880 be lost. What he's done, he's taking it to a 0:16:30.920 --> 0:16:33.520 new level. So I put him in that group. Okay, 0:16:33.560 --> 0:16:36.640 that's fair. Eight seven seven ninety nine. On Fox. Let's 0:16:36.640 --> 0:16:39.840 go to Eddie and Seattle. You're on the Damn Patrick Show, 0:16:39.880 --> 0:16:44.800 Fox Sports Radio. What's up Eddie? Hey, guys, uh. I'd 0:16:44.840 --> 0:16:47.400 like to say you all breath of fresh air, and 0:16:47.520 --> 0:16:50.400 I like to commen you before I do my comment 0:16:50.560 --> 0:16:54.160 on how you try to always keep things positive even 0:16:54.160 --> 0:16:58.200 on serious subjects. Damn Patrick and Amy Adams does that 0:16:58.320 --> 0:17:02.520 as well. Thank you very appreciated. You're not selling Wolf 0:17:02.560 --> 0:17:05.960 tickets or things like that. It's really appreciated. I have 0:17:06.080 --> 0:17:10.679 too to add. I would add Michael Jordan's money wise, 0:17:12.440 --> 0:17:15.160 I don't think anybody's gonna ever give Lebron credit. It'll 0:17:15.200 --> 0:17:17.880 be years. It's like he's one of those people that 0:17:18.080 --> 0:17:21.440 people hate so much that I can't even enjoy him, 0:17:21.560 --> 0:17:26.480 uh sometimes when he plays, But I would love him 0:17:26.560 --> 0:17:29.399 or hate him. Oh, I love him, okay, because I 0:17:29.440 --> 0:17:31.720 think he's I think a lot of people love Lebron, 0:17:32.040 --> 0:17:37.200 but he's polarizing. He's parized. Yeah, I feel like too, 0:17:37.240 --> 0:17:41.359 but he's polarizing. Yeah, yeah, I think it's a media polarization. 0:17:42.000 --> 0:17:45.520 And then I would add Jack Johnson, So mine would 0:17:45.560 --> 0:17:50.440 be I'm not when I saw uh when he ran 0:17:50.520 --> 0:17:52.919 around on the basis when he broke bays Ruth record, 0:17:53.280 --> 0:17:55.200 I thought the guy that ran out there was gonna 0:17:55.280 --> 0:17:59.840 kill him. Perfect, So I'm with you on them. He 0:18:00.320 --> 0:18:04.080 number one. I like that, you know, punched the dude 0:18:04.160 --> 0:18:07.280 or something. Thanks for the call, man, We appreciate it. 0:18:07.320 --> 0:18:10.600 How about Susan and Florida. You're on the Dan Patrick's 0:18:10.600 --> 0:18:14.160 show Fox Sports Radio. What's up, Susan? Yeah, Hi, thank 0:18:14.160 --> 0:18:16.480 you for checking my call. Um. You know, I'm thinking 0:18:16.520 --> 0:18:21.119 about with Jackie Robinson and how brave Branch Rookie was 0:18:21.600 --> 0:18:26.639 to um have Jackie Robinson play, because you can almost 0:18:26.680 --> 0:18:29.119 anticipate the hatred that was going to come from the 0:18:29.200 --> 0:18:33.879 stands and some other players and maybe the opposing manager. 0:18:34.000 --> 0:18:35.919 So it was good to see that. I mean, I 0:18:35.960 --> 0:18:38.640 wasn't born yet, but I heard the story of that. 0:18:39.119 --> 0:18:41.040 And while I'm at it, I don't know if you 0:18:41.359 --> 0:18:44.040 are aware, but in the American League there was also 0:18:44.080 --> 0:18:46.119 a black player that was one of the very first 0:18:46.600 --> 0:18:49.280 to break a black but I don't remember his name 0:18:49.359 --> 0:18:55.640 or whatever. Play for a couple of weeks later or like, yeah, 0:18:55.680 --> 0:18:59.680 and he played for the Cleveland Indians, and a great man. 0:19:00.000 --> 0:19:02.199 Thanks Susan for the call, because you remember when he 0:19:02.240 --> 0:19:04.440 was with the Nuts, right, he was a Nuts front 0:19:04.480 --> 0:19:07.520 office guy, Larry Dobe. And I got to meet him 0:19:07.600 --> 0:19:09.640 and get to know him, and what a great man 0:19:09.760 --> 0:19:12.440 Larry Dobe. And you're right, he does get lost in history. 0:19:12.440 --> 0:19:14.480 I'm glad he brought him up because it was only 0:19:14.480 --> 0:19:18.800 two weeks later after Jackie ed in Wisconsin. You're on 0:19:19.400 --> 0:19:21.879 the Dan Patrick Show, Fox Sports Radio. What's up? Ed? 0:19:22.520 --> 0:19:24.560 Hey man? What's up? Thank you for all you do? 0:19:25.080 --> 0:19:29.280 Your previous color, your previous color stole a little bit 0:19:29.280 --> 0:19:34.320 of my thunder. But to expand upon her thought, mister 0:19:34.400 --> 0:19:37.960 branch Ricky if for you guys may or may not know, 0:19:38.359 --> 0:19:45.199 he consulted Joe Lewis because Jackie Robinson actually when he 0:19:45.240 --> 0:19:48.960 was in the military punched the superior officer and knocked 0:19:49.040 --> 0:19:52.280 him out. And branch Rickey was thinking twice, but he 0:19:52.359 --> 0:19:56.520 consulted with Joe Lewis because Joe Lewis knew him very well, 0:19:56.800 --> 0:20:01.240 and Joe Lewis vouch for him, and and and you 0:20:01.280 --> 0:20:02.760 know what I love and that if you saw the 0:20:02.800 --> 0:20:05.800 movie forty two and you know branch Ricky's full story, 0:20:06.080 --> 0:20:09.119 it wasn't like he was just a saint and wanted 0:20:09.200 --> 0:20:12.439 to do right. Like he was a businessman branch rick correct. 0:20:12.520 --> 0:20:16.000 And the reason he did this was he had a 0:20:16.000 --> 0:20:18.840 team in Brooklyn that was selling tickets and he sees 0:20:18.920 --> 0:20:22.480 all these black people walking around the streets of Brooklyn 0:20:22.720 --> 0:20:25.639 and he's like, how can I get those people in 0:20:25.800 --> 0:20:30.040 my ballpark? That's really what am I right? I mean correct, 0:20:32.040 --> 0:20:37.639 I'm getting stamped exactly. But but thank thank you for 0:20:37.680 --> 0:20:39.840 the call, Thank you for the call. We got Robert 0:20:39.880 --> 0:20:45.160 Woods la Rams wide receiver. Man got a new quarterback. 0:20:45.520 --> 0:20:49.040 See if he's excited, he'll join us shortly. Keep it 0:20:49.080 --> 0:20:51.080 locked right here. 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This is the Dan Patrick Show 0:21:27.119 --> 0:21:30.040 and we're coming to you live from the Fox Sports 0:21:30.280 --> 0:21:35.359 Radio Studios. Our next guest is Los Angeles Rams wide 0:21:35.400 --> 0:21:39.680 receiver Robert Woods. He's here on behalf of castro who 0:21:39.760 --> 0:21:42.720 is partnering with Robert and the LA Rams this season. 0:21:43.200 --> 0:21:48.480 Robert's bringing awareness to the importance of sustainability and is 0:21:48.520 --> 0:21:52.320 partnering with castroll to demonstrate how everyone can take small 0:21:52.400 --> 0:21:57.880 steps to help create a more sustainable future. And he'll 0:21:57.880 --> 0:22:02.440 be joining us momentarily. But Rob, that was an interesting, 0:22:02.800 --> 0:22:07.359 really good topic on Jackie Robinson, and I thought some 0:22:07.440 --> 0:22:10.720 callers brought up some really interesting points about that. No 0:22:11.400 --> 0:22:14.560 doubt about it, I mean no doubt. And it's a 0:22:14.600 --> 0:22:19.160 great day to reflect, Chris, and also for people, it's 0:22:19.600 --> 0:22:22.760 it's still inspiring that you can make change. People can 0:22:22.800 --> 0:22:26.520 make changes in this world, Chris, no doubt you can 0:22:26.560 --> 0:22:30.720 make changes. Yes, it can be done when all things 0:22:30.800 --> 0:22:34.360 look bleak and it looks like things can't happen, or 0:22:34.400 --> 0:22:37.520 you know it's unfair or whatever. You know, if people 0:22:37.640 --> 0:22:42.800 good people are willing to band together and do what's right, 0:22:44.000 --> 0:22:49.960 and allowing Blackie Jackie Robinson to play Major League baseball, Chris, 0:22:50.640 --> 0:22:53.600 change this country and how black people were viewed. And 0:22:53.720 --> 0:22:57.080 you think about nineteen forty seven, that's twenty years before 0:22:57.119 --> 0:23:00.399 the Civil Rights movement. You know, it had to be 0:23:00.400 --> 0:23:03.879 bleak in this country in nineteen forty seven, it was 0:23:03.960 --> 0:23:08.200 definitely bleak, and like you said, he had the courage 0:23:08.640 --> 0:23:12.160 to go out there and do it. And I've said 0:23:12.160 --> 0:23:15.240 it before, Rob to you, and I hate to say 0:23:15.280 --> 0:23:19.959 this because it's not I don't think it's a compliment 0:23:20.040 --> 0:23:25.760 to our country, But if African Americans weren't so good 0:23:25.760 --> 0:23:29.080 in sports, I don't think we'd be as accepted as 0:23:29.080 --> 0:23:31.879 we are today. And we still got problems today. I 0:23:31.920 --> 0:23:35.119 really don't if we were just Hardbridge Rebrokay, we had 0:23:35.160 --> 0:23:38.320 a few guys here there. I really don't. I hate 0:23:38.359 --> 0:23:40.680 to say it because it shouldn't be based on how 0:23:40.720 --> 0:23:43.600 fast you are, how high you can jump, how great 0:23:43.640 --> 0:23:47.600 you are at baseball or basketball or whatever. It should 0:23:47.640 --> 0:23:51.879 be based on your humanity. So I don't disagree. I 0:23:51.880 --> 0:23:54.800 don't disagree with you. I think that in this country 0:23:56.160 --> 0:24:02.919 because how important athletics and sports is woven to our society, Chris, Like, 0:24:03.160 --> 0:24:07.600 for us, there's all these great thinking people and ideas 0:24:07.640 --> 0:24:10.400 and smart people and whatnot, but they don't get the 0:24:10.480 --> 0:24:15.080 politicians whatever. They don't get nearly the praise or the 0:24:15.200 --> 0:24:18.560 love that black athletes get right after. That's why those 0:24:18.600 --> 0:24:21.679 guys often are looked too. You know, people say, oh, 0:24:21.720 --> 0:24:24.080 I don't want sports to be mixed in with my 0:24:24.880 --> 0:24:28.479 politics or you know, these things to be mixed in 0:24:28.480 --> 0:24:31.960 with my sports. But that's I'm sorry, that's the entryway, 0:24:32.359 --> 0:24:36.200 and those are the people get rid of the athletes 0:24:36.280 --> 0:24:38.800 bring up. Right, we don't want to bring it up either, 0:24:38.840 --> 0:24:41.800 but we got to because we keep having these problems. 0:24:41.800 --> 0:24:44.679 So all right or not, No, let's get to Robert Woods, 0:24:44.800 --> 0:24:47.320 la Rams wide receiver. As I said, he's here on 0:24:47.359 --> 0:24:50.399 behalf of Castro, which is partnering with Robert and the 0:24:50.520 --> 0:24:54.200 Rams and they're bringing awareness to the importance of sustainability 0:24:54.760 --> 0:24:59.240 and partnering to demonstrate how everyone can take small steps 0:24:59.520 --> 0:25:02.560 to help create a more sustainable future. Robert, welcome to 0:25:02.560 --> 0:25:05.679 the Dan Patrick Show and can you can expound on 0:25:05.720 --> 0:25:08.919 what you're doing with Castro. Yeah, thank you as for 0:25:08.960 --> 0:25:13.840 having me. Yeah, partnering up with castrow um. We we're 0:25:13.920 --> 0:25:19.160 raising awareness locally and across the United States. We're traveling 0:25:21.119 --> 0:25:24.280 and trying to reduce our impact on our environment anyway 0:25:24.320 --> 0:25:28.400 we can. Two weeks ago, we were just in Los 0:25:28.400 --> 0:25:31.120 Angeles cleaning up the park. We have volunteers come out 0:25:31.560 --> 0:25:35.240