scouts to look at Jackie and other players in the Negro leagues that stood out above the rest fo their.
baseball talent (Hill 1). Rickey made the excuse to the scouts that he wanted to put together an all.
black baseball team called the "Brown Dodgers" (2). He was really looking for the right black.
player that would break the color barrier in professional baseball (1). Rickey looked at all his.
options and he chose Jackie Robinson of the Kansas City Monarchs (1). He chose Jackie because.
of his skills in baseball and his courage (1). .
Branch and Jackie met on August 28, 1945 to discuss his signing to the LA Dodgers (1). The.
meeting was very important because rickey wanted to make sure Robinson would not retaliate.
against the racist comments that he will be facing if he was moved up to the LA Dodgers (2).
Rickey sent Robinson to the semi-professional team the Dodgers had, the Montreal Royals.
("Robinson, Jackie"). While Robinson was with the Royals, he was he was an athletic standout with.
a lot of talent for playing professional baseball (Hill 1). He enjoyed playing on the Montreal Royals.
because race was not really an issue in Canada and he was very popular all over the country.
("Robinson, Jackie"). He led the Royals to the minor league championship (Rydell 86). .
The next season Robinson got moved up to the Los Angeles Dodgers professional team late in.
spring training, only five days before the Dodgers first game (86). This gave the critics not much time.
to react to the new player in the league (86). On April 15, 1947 Jackie became the first black.
player to play major league baseball in the United States (87). Robinson's moving to the team.
caused national outrage between coaches, teams, and fans (87).
