They both came up with the Brooklyn Dodgers [organization]. They both inspired a lot of people. I've come to know the Robinson family. Sharon Robinson, Jackie's daughter, sits on the board of directors for Sports City. 
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Quotes about Brooklyn Dodgers
They both came up with the Brooklyn Dodgers [organization]. They both inspired a lot of people. I've come to know the Robinson family. Sharon Robinson, Jackie's daughter, sits on the board of directors for Sports City.
was said
in MLB.com
This past summer I was reading a book about Branch Rickey and the Brooklyn Dodgers by Lee Lowenfish, The Ferocious Gentleman, and how the Dodgers players would just walk around Brooklyn and people would just give them free food ... Like groceries, fruit or whatever.
said Joe Maddon
in Sports Blogs
The groundwork for the project was laid more than 50 years ago when Herzog and Litzelfelner's father, Jack Litzelfelner Sr., formed a friendship in the early 1950s as teammates in the Brooklyn Dodgers minor league organization. In 2006, the lifelong friends discussed building the baseball field in Jackson.
was said
in Sports Blogs
Any time the Dodgers can win a game this close to Brooklyn, well, let's just say it's not the worst thing. I wish Torre had been available last winter following that awful collapse we had. He seems like a New York kind of guy that could handle you guys (the media and fat bloggers).
was said
in Sports Blogs
Quotes from articles mentioning Brooklyn Dodgers
He always makes fans feel more important than he is, which is a remarkable thing for a man as popular as he is
said Ross Porter
in ESPN
I guess I'm a pretty good actor ... I just refuse to allow my feelings to show.
said Rick Reilly
in ESPN
But he's kept that sadness to himself. He doesn't want to make people feel bad. He doesn't carry it into his other world, into baseball. You would never, ever know.
was said
in ESPN
He sounds the same to me now as he did when I was a kid watching the Game of the Week
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