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His most prestigious contribution to the sport was early support of the first black Major League Baseball player, Jackie Robinson. He refused to sign a petition that threatened a boycott if Robinson joined the team. When Robinson joined the Dodgers in 1947 and traveled with them during their first road trip , he was heckled by fans in Cincinnati, OhioThis article is about Cincinnati, Ohio. For the town of the same name in Iowa, see Cincinnati, Iowa. Cincinnati 'The Queen of the West', is a city in Southwestern Ohio on the Ohio River and is the county seat of Hamilton County 6. Introduction As of the 2. Reese, the captain of the team, went over to Robinson and put his arm around his shoulder in a gesture of support which silenced the crowd. The gesture was especially telling because Reese was born and raised in then-segregated Louisville, KentuckyThis article is about the Kentucky city. For other uses see Louisville (disambiguation). Louisville is Kentucky's largest city and the 16th largest city of the United States. The City of Louisville was founded in 1778 by George Rogers Clark and is named a.

Throughout that difficult first year in the major leagues, Reese helped keep Robinson's morale up amid all the abuse. Their rapport soon led shortstopShortstop abbreviated SS is the baseball fielding position between second and third base. It is also used to describe the player who plays the position (e. Ozzie Smith was a shortstop"). Shortstop is the most dynamic position in baseball, because there ar Reese and second basemanA second baseman is the baseball player guarding second base . Also called 2B or second bagger the second baseman often possesses quick hands and feet, needs the ability to get rid of the ball quickly, and must be able to make the pivot on a double play. Robinson to become one of the most effective defensive pairs in the sport's history.

At Reese's funeral, Joe Black , another Major League Baseball black pioneer, said:

"Pee Wee helped make my boyhood dream come true to play in the Majors, the World SeriesIn baseball, the World Series is the championship series of Major League Baseball in North America, played in October after the end of the regular season between the pennant winner of the American League and the pennant winner of the National League.. When Pee Wee reached out to Jackie, all of us in the Negro LeaguePart of the History of baseball series. In the early years of Major League Baseball, which coincided with the Reconstruction period following the American Civil War, there was no color line. African-American ballplayers such as Bud Fowler, Frank Grant, Fl smiled and said it was the first time that a White guy had accepted us. When I finally got up to Brooklyn, I went to Pee Wee and said, 'Black people love you. When you touched Jackie, you touched all of us.' With Pee Wee, it was No. 1 on his uniform and No. 1 in our hearts." [1]

In 1984This page is about the year 1984. For other uses of 1984, see 1984 (disambiguation). 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday (link shows calendar). Events January January 1 Brunei becomes a fully independent state January 1 AT&T is broken up into 22 indepe, Pee Wee Reese was inducted into the Baseball Hall of FameNational Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum based in Cooperstown, New York, is a semi-official museum operated by private interests that serves as the central point for the study of the history of baseball in North America, the display of baseball-related a. His commemorative plaque there summarizes his contributions as follows:

The friendship between Reese and Robinson is the subject of a popular 1990 children's book called Teammates (BooksEnthsiast.com), by Peter Golenbock .

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