While I kinda agree with the sentiment below...what happens down the road when people like me...I'm 44...are long gone and there are no longer any people living who experienced Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier.
Today's kids care more about basketball, football, hockey. I see a day...although I will most likely be long dead...where baseball is no longer considered America's pastime...maybe that it once was as a footnote in a book...but will be replaced by another sport.
"Let's not forget that when Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color line the whole country watched. Stepping onto that baseball field was not a sporting event. It was a historical event for America and signified sweeping changes to come in American society.
And that's why baseball will forever be the most sacred sport in this country. It is not just a sport and when you cheat it, you are cheating America as a whole. These kinds of feelings are not stirred up by football, basketball or hockey. Baseball will forever be different. That's why the HOF voting is so scrutinized. No one cares about the football or basketball HOF. "
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