Great true story which appeared in a recent book about black baseball superstars and the prejudice they experienced on the way to and during their big league careers.Gibson on that Vietnam tour with other big league stars in '70s.Mets travelling secretary arranged hotel accommodations for the group.Graig Nettles publicly berated Mets secretary for the hotel rooms they were booked into and ended his diatribe with a derogatory term usually directed at those of the Jewish persuasion.Gibson overheard this exchange and afterward warned Nettles that in the future should he ever come to bat against him on the field,he was going down on the first pitch.This is what we call a mench.That book is a must read but darn it...I cannot remember the name right now.I loved that Gibson story.
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