Rich Eisen on the Importance of Reggie Jackson's Retelling of the Racism He Faced as a Minor Leaguer
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- Rich Eisen reacts to Baseball Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson recounting the racism he faced in the minor leagues in Birmingham, Alabama in the 1960’s.
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Kind of ironic … Reggie hit it out of the park again
Well done sir, well done.
Mr. October..in June.
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Bring back the Reggie Candy Bar!
Damn. That was hard how you did that
*Before someone says it...this is NOT VICTIMHOOD...This was HIS EXPERIENCE!*
We all know about racism. This is 2024. Blacks are leading the world in Racism in 2024. Guess that's cool though.
Not just his....
It’s victim hood
@@The_king567He was a legitimate victim. He was a human being who did not deserve to be abused & mistreated because of his race.
@@danielleb7416 a victim of his own actions I agree he wasn’t abused or mistreated for no reason
When I was a JV high school player in 1979, the opposing team chanted racist insults at me in unison in Mcclouth, Kansas. Imagine what kind of adults want to hurt a 15 year old that way. Racism is real and it still hurts and threatens living people today.
Imagine what six-year old Ruby Bridges went through in 1960. She's 69 years old, still alive, and speaking out against banning books that contains the truth about America's history past and present.
Adults who do (and did) that are wicked to their core…..devilish, possessed, lack spiritual foundation even if they go to church, have a stoney heart, and wake up every day to let the devil use them any way he wishes. I could never treat anyone like they are not human, especially a child. That’s disgusting.
And people NEVER want to claim their Grandparents or Great Grandparents acted like this! They would have you believe the people who did these nasty things were someone else’s ancestors and that they were the minority. Not the majority.
@@seensay2132 Probably why they want books banned or removed. ..Great grandkids and grandkids would probably would recognize G-ma and Poppa in some of those lynch-photos.
And just imagine how and who those people are today.
Racism against Black Americans is painful to hear, but even more when you had to live thru it.
I had to live through blacks being racist towards me. I ain't crying about what happened 30 years ago.
@@stephenburpo7755
When you're a member of a particular ethnicity that does not possess the inate drive for work/education or a work ethic that other groups do possess like Asians, Hispanics, Caucasians etc, they'll cling to resolved grievances, even resurrect those that can literally live forever.
There are only two ways their meal ticket could ever be eradicated, if they're gone or who they consider their oppressor is no more.
This is the way that black people are treated in my current city of San Antonio. They probably won't blatantly kick you out, but they will give you the worst treatment or customer service. I will never compare today's racism to what my parents experienced, but living in San Antonio, Texas and traveling through Alabama, Mississippi, Missouri, Pennsylvania, and other parts of this country is eye-opening. Racism is alive and well. San Antonio practices a passive-aggressive version of Jim Crow laws. Thank you Reggie keeping it real.
Pennsylvania is very racist!
I used to live and work in the ‘progressive’ Bay Area. It was low key racist.
I recently visited San Antonio , as l walked thru a store two young teenagers looked in my direction and pretended to “vomit” I ignored their stupid immaturity and kept it moving, not out of fear, out of experience.
You can find racism everywhere. If you are constantly looking for it.
@captk153 Do you know for sure it was racism of they didn't just like they way you looked?
Reggie Jackson's comments remind me of the following, "If you don't like the harsh truths that someone is saying, that's why the person had to say them."
Similar to Bill Russell not sugarcoating his experience playing for The Celtics.
As a reminder that Jackie Robinson died in his early 50's from stress-induced diabetes complications. He may have broken the color barrier, but what he endured broke him (physically)
And Jackie Robinson said he would never salute the flag
@@bigdaddy3621Don’t blame him one bit.
Jackie Robinson supported Nixon in 1960.
Weird, right?
Before the political parties “switched.”
@@omlooper Yes, 1960 was before 1964. I know math is hard, but try to keep up.
Yes, Jackie looked like he was in his 80's while in his early 50's. The Boston Red Sox had Willie and refused to sign him because he was black.
Is this why Florida Governor wanted Black History out of the schools? True but not pretty! This sports history must be shared! Proud of you Mr. Reggie Jackson! Truth History Teller! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 Thank you Mr. Eisen for your voice of truth! 👏🏽👏🏽
He didn’t want black history out of schools. That’s just not the truth.
Florida has some of the most terrifyingly racist history of all around the time of the Great Migration and currently inhabits pockets of dastardly racists groups you’d more likely associate w Mississippi or Alabama (perhaps unfairly). The groups thrive on fear and ignorance … removing books on the subject from school libraries and failing to teach it in class preserves that ignorance, so they make stoke the fear.
@@StuckinNOVA DeSantis approved social studies curriculum guidelines that erroneously teach students that enslaved people “developed skills” that they could use for “personal benefit.” That ain’t history. It’s a white nationalist’s fairytale.
Never let the truth get in the way of a good story. No what he doesn’t want is BS lying agenda that isn’t history a la critical race theory being pushed. That’s why he’s also #1 of all past Florida governors who has donated more to black colleges than any of his predecessors (which is a good thing). Another person chirping and hiding behind a profile pic that isn’t themselves. The bravery ma’am 😂.
@@StuckinNOVA, I’m sorry, you may want to check your facts… look at the books that have been pulled off the shelf in the public libraries in Florida.
I am glad that Reggie didn’t take the softball question and romanticize his experience in Alabama playing in the minor leagues
I agree with not romanticizing, however, Reggie’s story was about his time with the Birmingham A’s in 1967. They were the AA affiliate of the Oakland A’s and Reggie was one of the only black players on the team. Reggie never played in the Negro Leagues.
@@amschmidlkoferI appreciate this answer because many don’t know this fact. Most assume incidents like this ended in the 60s but Reggie stories take place in the late 60s and the 70s n possibly later because his career didn’t end until the late 80s.
A older man once told my late father the good old days wasn't worth a damn !
Didn't his dad play in the Negro Leagues?
Maybe I'm mistaken
@@amschmidlkofer correct. He didn't play in the Negro leagues, but in Alabama they reminded him of the color of his skin. Once again, Reggie hit a bomb that only he could hit. Bravo Reggie.
This is why I don't take people seriously when they say stuff like, "Quit talking about race." Uh, the entire country was and is dipped in this stuff; we're not going to ignore that.
Let’s talk about right now. High crime rates, high illegitimacy rates low test scores, etc.
@winstonsyme5899 that's not what this feed is it's always somebody trying to deflect a dang troll
@@winstonsyme5899 Crime rates are much lower now than they were in the '70s. We had a bit of a spike during COVID in 2020-21 but things are mostly back down to pre-COVID levels.
This country and much of the world is racist as ever. Tell me why it wouldn’t be?
No one is asking anyone to ignore the racism of the past. It’s important to note how it was and how it is today. It’s also important to differentiate the residual racism of today and life. That’s what the “Quit talking about race” people are talking about. I disagree with Rich about schools not being allowed to talk about race. We learned about slavery, and racism in the 1960’s and 1970’s where I went to school. The whole “Opressor/Opressed” thing of today is what they are pushing back against. It’s got nothing to do with teaching our history and allowing people to tell their stories. Reggie and Hank were my two favorite players when I was growing up. Hank went through hell. It’s not surprising that Reggie did too.
I have never expected Reggie to hold back his feelings. He got some trash for it in the 70s but he always spoke about his beliefs. I am still a fan of his for 50+ years.
It wasn’t just in sports, I served in Northern Maine in the US Air Force from 1978 to 1982, I’m still dealing with the effects of the virulent racism I experienced in those four years.
Been watching some docs on this like "Erased".
Preach!
My son, who served from 2006-2010, experienced racism in combat zones. Can you imagine mistreating someone who may have to have you back in a firefight? It is the ultimate act of stupidity.
@timothy4145 Thank you for your service. From a Navy Veteran who also had to deal with that racist crap (mostly subtle) back in the day.
You can’t just expect people to forget the horrible experiences they had to live through. It happened and it can’t be and shouldn’t be covered up to hide the shame of inflicting it on others. America was not great for everyone and not everyone wants to return to that time.
So true! I’m several years younger than Reggie, and I was traumatized like that in grade school in TX by teachers and students! Sadly, it affected Jackie Robinson so badly that he got diabetes and died young. They believe those experiences shouldn’t bother us, but when they go through less trauma, everybody shows empathy and they get therapy, but we couldn’t afford or get therapy for daily overt racism in school!
Put this comment on repeat 👆🏾we wouldn’t be dealing with this passive aggressive racism today if America was brave enough to face its own past. The majority of Americans have only seen a heavily edited version of its own history written with the classic “…and they all lived happily ever after”.
It’s hard to describe the effect that racism has on a person. I can only imagine how deeply scarred Reggie is from his experiences from a time when openly racist people and policy’s were tolerated. I’m 48 and I’ve had some racist experiences that fundamentally changed the way I see the world, and there’s no return to the person I was before that. It just has a way of hardening your soul.
Props to this show for not being scared.
Should they talk about present day crime rates? Read off a list of cities they destroyed?
@@winstonsyme5899 Nope. We must live in the past. Otherwise, we have no hand to play.
Being "woke" is the easiest thing in the world. Telling the truth? That would actually take real courage, sorely lacking in the media today.
Rich doesn't shy away....big shout out to first things first as well...Nick Wright played the whole interview on air.
@@timbobcreations3915
Did he talk about Table 43 FBI’s UCR? Too shy for that one
POWERFUL is definitely the word here.
Makes more sense why people are trying to ban or rewrite books.
Absolutely. They're afraid their children will see Meemaw and Peepaw in some of those historical photos showing people celebrating lynching and other brutalaties...
Or censor statistically truthful facts that make a certain group look bad. Table 43, FBI’s UCR.
They aren’t and you know it
They do and it's ridiculous in 2024. And videos like this, RESPECTS real experience. @@The_king567
@@fredadark5616lynching and brutality was as American as apple pie in those days.
Reggie's "monolouge" was incredible!!!
As a nine-year-old in New York City, I dreamed of living in Southern California. I watched the Rose Parade enough times to know that was the place I wanted to live. Three years later in 1976, I'm handing my one-way ticket to LAX to the ticket agent at JFK, ready to embark on my new life in Pasadena, California. Understand, it was my mother, my younger brother, and me. We were poor in New York and prepared to be poor in Los Angeles, also. Culture shock? Absolutely. People spread out instead of being stacked on each other. No cold winters and you have to drive to the snow. It took a bit of getting used to, but I managed.
Pasadena also gave me my introduction to what institutionalized racism looks like. Case in point (and feel free to look this up): In 1970, Pasadena, California became the first city outside the South to receive a federal court order to desegregate their public schools. This was 15 years _AFTER_ the Brown vs. Board of Education decision. Look at a map of the city of Pasadena. Divide the city in four sections, like a graph you'd use in first year algebra. The X-axis is the 210 Freeway, the Y-axis is Lake Avenue. Students were assigned to one of four high schools, based on their address. Families in the northwest quadrant were assigned to John Muir High School. (See the PBS documentary, "Can We All Get Along? The Segregation of John Muir High School", for more details.) As you can guess, the majority of the city's Black residents lived in this quadrant.
America loves its symbols and its literal whitewashing of its history. Baseball was considered, for many years, "America's National Pastime." Yet, for a time, access to this pastime was restricted to a certain group of people. But, this is just one of many stories in our history. Native Americans, Mexican citizens, Japanese immigrants, and African Americans could share countless more, if we only listened with the intent to make sure stories like these are told as cautionary tales.
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And people will complain about, _"but, but, it happened everywhere, not just America!"_ But the founding settlers were championing freedom, education, and civility among other things. America was supposed to be different than the other countries. In the end it was just the same, and they did the same things. They just put icing on a molded cake.
@@Illtechnica I think abolishing slavery less than 100 years after writing the Constitution is proof, yeah they were different. and a whole lot of stuff went on alllll around the world, but even then America was the best thing going. Still is.
@@MrSoulauctioneer The best thing going...for some. Yes, a whole lot of stuff went on and is still going on. Ask the residents of Tulsa, Oklahoma's Greenwood District in 1921 if America was truly "the best thing going". Emmitt Till. Brown vs. Board of Education. Let's not forget it took America another 100 years to codify racial equality after abolishing slavery. Women gained the right to vote in 1920, but that only applied to White women. Black women would have to wait another 45 years until the passage of the Voting Rights Act to achieve the same access.
I don't expect America or any country to be perfect. I especially don't delude myself into thinking that the people have power to effect change without the permission of the elite class. I call out America for its hypocrisy because I want it to be a better place, not just better than someplace else.
@@MrSoulauctioneerwe also shouldn’t give them a pass because it was a long time ago. Nothing that I’ve read from the 17th and 18th century makes me believe that the rich and powerful men who founded this country were too dense to understand that slavery was bad. They were definitely drunk off greed and the power of owning another human being but they weren’t too dumb to understand that it was wrong. As a matter of fact they were smart enough to start crafting pseudoscience to support their agenda to keep getting rich. They were able to quiet the abolitionists and anyone else with a shred of moral integrity by claiming Africans were subhuman. This effort took on a life of its own and persisted well into present day history.
I agree 100% with this segment on every level.
"Do your part to make it better."
That is why we teach and learn History.
Have black people done their ‘part to make it better’? Did they make Detroit better? Memphis? Baltimore? I see a pattern
@@winstonsyme5899Did white people make it better? Look at the poorest states in the US and who they're run by.
Stop being selective and cover it all.
@@winstonsyme5899 You can rinse and repeat the same GARBAGE all you want. Just say you want to return to the 1950s and be done with it.
@@AdrianBrown
Maybe your group could stop committing so much crime…take responsibility…study harder…etc. Doubtful. Rinse and repeat? Like how you move into areas and they end up being ruined?
You cannot intellectualize yourself out of anti-blackness! It's an inside job.
Appreciate you uplifting that moment🙏🏾By the way it ain’t just Alabama. Willie Mays experienced housing discrimination here in SF, Ca too just as my family did.
He said this, "Down in Alabama where we come from, you know your place. But up here, it's all a lot of camouflage. They grin in your face and deceive you." (Willie Mays.The Life.The Legend. By James S. Hirsch p.278). Not talking about it doesn’t help our kids think 🤔 in ways to “create a more perfect Union”✌🏾❤️
And it's still going on today. If I go downtown to the ghetto I'm getting mugged, robbed and/or killed. Racism baby. It's everywhere.
This is by far my favorite episode Rich and the team bravo 👏 thank you
Rich, you're so eloquent! Thanks.
There is an incredible story of Nat King Cole working at the sands in the early to mid 1950's. "While performing at the Sands, Sinatra noticed that Cole almost always ate his dinner alone in his dressing room. Sinatra asked his valet, a black man named George, to find out why. George explained the facts to Frank. "Coloreds aren't allowed in the dining room at the Sands." Sinatra was enraged. He told the maitre d' and the waitresses that if it ever happened again, he'd see that everyone was fired. The next night, Sinatra invited Cole to dinner, making his guest the first black man to sit down and eat in the Garden Room at the Sands." Racism was rampant post WWII. Is it any better today? Is there more tolerance between human beings bearing different colored skin? On the whole I'd say yes. However, racism is still rampant. Until hearts open and see others, like themselves, as divine beings, this issue will never disappear.
Great story, and you’re right about post WWII racism. Imagine serving your country, only to come home and be treated like that.
Today, racism is more covert than in your face racism of the 1950s.
Sammy Davis Jr. also
I recently discovered how Frank had a very VERY low tolerance for racism.
I heard he was in a famous night club once, from his table he witnessed how a patron, a male roguhed up a woman who was there. (Was it a waitress or his girl friend?- my memory is foggy).
The woman was deeply embarrassed and ashamed.
Frank got up from his table and followed the guy to one of the restrooms. There Frank threatened the guy and promised him that is he ever saw him do that again he would beat his A double S!
Frank always stood up for those who suffered from the abuse and mistreatment of the "status quo" as he saw it.
He seen it. He would rise to the occassion!
A story well told … 🙏🏽
Rich and co. - you ARE the light.
Reggie made me tear up. You could see the pain within that endures for Mr. October. A lot of black people his age and older aren't always so detailed and articulate about their experiences during the Jim Crow era or the years shortly thereafter when there were so many indignities that they had to soldier through -- just to play a child's game, pursue their career passions or maybe buy a decent home in their attempt to live the so-called American dream. His mini-oral history should be sent to the African-American History Museum at the Smithsonian to be shared with generations to come. Because he knocked it out of the park with his reflections.
TOTALLY! Your comments were very well spoken.
Others went before Reggie , Willie Mays ,Bob Gibson , Hank Aaron , Frank Robinson , Vada Pinson , Curt Flood , Ernie Banks , Lou Brock , Roberto Clemente , and many others.
That game and the presentation was outstanding by MLB and FOX Sports. It was very emotional for my son and I. His favorite players note include Josh Gibson and Willie Mays. This was way better than the Field of Dreams game
It was chilling to hear Reggie speak.
It's more chilling to know that he experienced this.
"...and do your part to make it better." Damn right! Well said!
This was outstanding. Appreciate acknowledging the moment and the message rich. Shout out to TJ. The oak tree line made me tear up when I heard it
We remember everyone, but have forgotten Larry Doby, who was the first African-American player in the American League. I met him @ Rickwood in the 90s.
Wrong. Anyone who follows baseball knows who he is. It's been beaten into our brains. What's the end game here?
That was a real and unfiltered explanation of what he and other Black American baseball players went through. The passion and hurt still remained with him. Now, imagine how other Black Americans are feeling to this day from past and present alienation.
Black people aren't held back at all today and have not for a very long time. Quit lying!
Not just ⚾⚾⚾
Nobody should care
That was the only MLB game ever held in Alabama, and now we know why. Because it's an incredibly racist place.
Now? Just stop.
@@jimwertherStop what? Telling the truth?
@@dallasborn8574
Does it make you feel superior to slander 5 million people you don't know? Virtue signaling is a pathetic excuse for a life.
@@jimwertherI was sent to Alabama in 2005 while in the military and could see for myself the unrepentant and unapologetic racism and bigotry there. Maybe my rank and size gave me something akin to a deterrent but in 2024 a half dozen police officers in Alabama were convicted of torturing and arresting two black men after planting drugs on them because one random racist called them to complain that they were living with a white woman. Are you equally offended by that image of Alabama as well?
@@inthefray4279 people don’t want to hear facts because you didn’t say all the people where racist
A Rod was really moved. He said, "I love you Reg.". That choked me up.
I’m not sure how old TJ is but him recounting his memories of his grandfather mirrors mine with my grandmother. I became a baseball fan in 1977 & Reggie was my favorite player. However my grandmother made sure to tell me about all the great players from the past & she was also a Dodgers fan specifically because if Jackie Robinson. It honestly wasn’t until years after Reggie retired that I found out what he had to still deal with at both ASU and in the minors. Young people really need to sit & listen to guys like Reggie while they’re still around.
I’m pretty sure TJ is almost 50, if not 50. I would have sworn he was waaaay younger, but he mentioned being in a bar when the OJ chase happened, and I was like, “Wait, HOW old is TJ now??”
I'm 36. I actually experienced not being able to go on "that" side of town and not being able to play with white kids because their parents were racist. I had a friend who lived the next block over whose dad was very open that we were free to play outside but that blacks weren't allowed in his house. The sad part is that none of us batted an eye or even thought to question it because it was so normal for us black and white kids. We generally had worse experiences.
Thanks for speaking. We still have racism throughout the country today. I'm 60 and in my lifetime I've been a witness to profound systemic racism. Like Rich Eisen, I lived on Staten Island for many years. The neighborhood we moved into in 1977 was redlined. "The banks are giving them trouble with the loans". My High School had race riots that were 800 white kids chasing 90 black kids with rage and blaming the African American kids which was a lie and I worked in an employment agency in Manhattan where the code word for a job vacancy that shouldn't be sent any African American People was the number 6. Multiple agencies across NYC were using this tactic of racism. How's the water in Flint Michigan today ?
Water in Flint has been fixed actually....
I think the point being made was the water never should have needed 'fixing' in the first place.
@@tootssuite23 the reality is the water issues are more about civic incompetence and bad civil engineering. The majority of Flint is black and they suffered the effects but when the seeds of this disaster were laid was when the civic infrastructure was built and that wasn't recently. It dates back to when Flint was as much white as it was black
@@tootssuite23all water gets fixed at some point read a book
Thank you for having this conversation on your show
Thank you Rich for expanding on Mr. Jackson's words yesterday. I was proud when I heard him recount his past experiences instead of giving some stock expected response when asked to wax nostalgic. Kudos to Reggie Jackson.
Reggie Jackson wouldn't piss on a single one of us if we were on fire in 2024.
reggie has always been that dude. he speaks his mind no matter what.
unfortunately what reggie spoke of STILL HAPPENS TODAY!!! some may want to ignore it or (pardon the pun) whitewashed the past. this is AMERICAN HISTORY!!!!
NO it does not! If you hate it here so much please see yourself out. NOBODY is held back by racism. Hell even Reggie Jackson wasn't held back by it. Turn off liberal media as well as whenever Rich goes on silly tangents like this.
Bullshit. 2024 isn’t what it was 50 years ago.
When you purposely admit a sense of proportion in comparing THEN and NOW, then it doesn't honor the gains made BY Blacks in America. It unwittingly is a disservice, a backwards step, although it is probably meant as being progressive. It is not.
What a bunch of bunk. Educate yourself.
I used the same words when I saw his face on the documentary of him on Netflix with the blue reflective glasses he was wearing. I told my wife he was '' That Dude''
I’ve watched Rich from the sidelines for years, now I’m all in. People simply have to know our countries past is as dirty as much as anything else. And don’t sit in LA, Chicago, NY, or St Louis and think, wow, it sure was messed up down south, because the bad and the hate always was and still is nation wide from sea to shining sea. Across the amber waves of grain and sitting next to you at school and church. And I’m a 61 year old white guy from Atlanta. I’m not fooled by the BS people try to not see and downplay. I’ve lived it first hand.
Thank you TJ and Rich for having these conversations
There are plenty of people around that experienced all of this horrible stuff first-hand. I liked how he used the words that he heard. It was jarring and honest
Rich, I appreciate you for speaking on this.
Good for Reggie for speaking about hard lived expiriences.
They shouldn't have bleeped out Reggie's use of the n-word. That was his testimony and it needed to be heard as he spoke it. He suffered greatly from the use and the meaning behind the word. We should feel even a fraction of what he experienced. His testimony is historical fact. Mr. October!
In the original interview on FOX they did not bleep him out,it was raw and it was real.
God bless Reggie , the truth monger making people uncomfortable that need to be uncomfortable.
Agreed! The context of how he used the word was appropriate. He was telling facts, it hits much harder and people feel it more. He doesn’t hold back the word that was directed at him, people need to hear how awful people treated him.
And if that’s what Reggie Jackson dealt with in the 70’s(60’s?) can you imagine what Jackie Robinson and Willie Mays were up against.
Thanks Rich for continuing the conversation on your show...
That's the first time I've heard Reggie not follow the corporate line in not telling the truth about what black players like him went through playing in the South. Are those the good old days MAGA is clamoring for as white nationalists? Yes, it is...
Wrong. Watch a MAGA rally instead of repeating what the socialists in the MSM feed you. MAGA is about fiscal, border, and international policies.
The democrats were the ones that instituted Jim Crow laws.
I do not get enough of Rich Eisen. Always compelling.
I was a young white kid growing up in Birmingham during the time when Reggie Jackson was playing for the Birmingham A's. We were all Reggie fans and would go see Reggie Jackson play at Rickwood. We were of course oblivious to any racial stuff that was going on. We just knew he was a great ball player and were thrilled to go to the ball park and see him play. I does hurt my heart to know that he had to endure such racism. There is no doubt that athletics has led the way to changing hearts and minds of all of us that were on the wrong side of history. Thank you to all the black athletes that helped open the hearts of generations of us that needed our hearts and minds changed!
Kudos, Rich. If it’s uncomfortable, all the more important to keep it honest. 👊🏼
And to T. J.’s point, yes, if Jackie Robinson hadn’t been so much more than just a great baseball player, MLB might have missed out on years of Willie Mays
Thank you so much, Rich!
That was compelling and wonderful. Reggie continues to be a legend, and Rich and the crew continue to be the best in their field
Thanks Rich, TJ, and the gang. And thank you Mr. Jackson and all who paved the way. 🥹🙏🏽
In Alabama, public schools won’t be able to teach the students any of the first hand recollections Mr. Jackson described.
Rich I am so proud to have been privileged to be exposed to you and your wisdom and insight about so many things.
Keep us all updated my brother!
Glad you talked about this Rich! Well Said.
I loved Reggie's candid comments, that came direct from his heart. My son had the privilege of playing in the Rickwood Field game, an experience he'll never forget. He enjoyed talking with the old-timers that were there, and hearing their stories. He gave me his game worn jersey from that night, which gives me a chill every time I look at it. What an historical night! I hope they replicate it every few years from now on. Thanks Rich for your commentary. I can feel your love of baseball history every time you talk about it.😀
I do remember how hateful the white community was to Hank Aaron, for breaking Babe Ruths record.
I just saw a article that Bath Ruth was black. Have you heard that
Yes, he was getting death threats.
@@sidneyhill7064 I heard about that also was he a light skinned black that could pass for white or a biracial. I know back then a lot of blacks that were light skinned and who didn't have strong black facial features would try to pass for white. Would be a very interesting story if true.
@@sidneyhill7064he wasn’t
@@ToFesterhe wasn’t he was just white get over it
As Americans, we all own this history. We have to know it and learn from it. Create a 'more perfect union' -- a task that's never finished. Thank you Willie, Reggie, Jackie, and the owners and managers who were decent people and helped change things for the better.
Thank you Rich Eisen Show!!!! This is why you are Emmy nominated. It was a conversation we needed!!!! Reggie Jackson was basically discussing childhood trauma... the trauma of racism. Important. You discussed this well!
Was it a conversation we needed? We've heard this conversation OUR ENTIRE LIVES. This isn't breaking news. Let's knock off the bullshit.
@@elbob17 ppl in this country live in a bubble honestly. this injustice as it's called happens all over the world yet nobody goes and screams about it anywhere but here cause they know bad things could happen in other countries. they don't see the bad things going on hence living in a bubble. this conversation has been going on forever and it got worse with obama and has steadily declined ever since.
He was an adult, not a child. Children didn't then and don't now play professional sports.
@@andreabrown4541 He was in the Minor Leagues!!! He doesn’t get to the majors until he is 20 years old. And who cares he was a young man!!! What about the substance of the racism he faced!?!
@@andreabrown4541 I get it! Some in America don’t wanna hear about what happened to Black people. I get it!
Man this is why I love Rich Eisen. Thanks man.
This is a great segment Rich! Thank you for talking about it
This is a subject that needs continuous conversations. I know that some may disagree with me, but we all must hear stories like Reggie told so that we can find our humanity and never let go of that.
Exactly..
Once again!!! What a Great subject to take about!! You are correct, all of you, that in certain parts of the country people don't want to deal with our past. Hell, they would ban use for even talking about it. I will bet that some people have turned this off after the first couple minutes!! Thank You Guys for this subject and I hope that one day the United States and others will have "better Angles", like you are!!!
Love this, just be good people everything else will work itself out.
Agreed. Tell the "community." They're holding the entire world back in 2024.
Athletes have been saying it for years!
Why did it take Reggie Jackson so long!
Muhammad Ali, Bill Russell, and Jim Brown set a years ago!
As a black woman it is more painful for me to hear black men calling each other the n word!
This wasn't groundbreaking😣
I’m a new baseball fan over in the UK. I was born in 1974 and came to read about Reggie and the triple World Series winning A’s from 72’ - 74’. Naturally I’ve become a huge A’s fan and an admirer of Reggie’s. I’m also one for the underdog in sports, politics and life in general and so am naturally drawn to the A’s in 2024 and all of the issues they are battling.
Everyone needs to watch Reggie's statement. Reggie joined the Major League As in the late 1960s. This was at the height of the Civil Rights Movement, and maybe even after the passage of the Civil Rights Act, after the March on Washington, etc., and yet he is describing Jim Crow era stuff. People who want to take America back to that time to make America great again, need to know that all was not good with America back then. Kudos for Charlie Finley walking the entire team out of his country club if they wouldn't let a black player in, but no kudos to America for ever allowing that to happen. We don't need to Make America Great Again, we simply need to make America better than it is today, not take it back to yesterday. It's not OK to hear this, it should be mandatory for all Americans to hear it.
Thank you Reggie for sharing. I was so moved.
Before they cut the broadcast he also said about the klan who murdered four little girls and was celebrated. 1970 wasn't that long ago. My grandmother is 94 years old and to hear the things she had to go through....😢 Not that long ago people
Yes, I heard him retell it. It made me sit down and hold my heart. 😭 And what is crazy are the reckless and deflective comments I'm reading on this channel.
All truth matters but some want to forget about it or say things like you didn’t live back then. It still doesn’t negate the truth. Mr Jackson was and is deeply hurt! Listening to the pain he conveyed put me right there with him. A heaviness that makes you breathe real shallow because of the anger. But as I zoom out and see the tv again and see and hear Mr Jackson I breathe deep and easy because he’s here still with us which shows the perseverance, grace and mercy!
Any of us who've lived through this period, especially in the South, carry the scars of this period in time. We are afraid of seeing who we are. Nelson Mandela was able to bring whites and blacks together during his initial release because they were all forced to see who they were and why they were. When America does this, it will thrive and truly be a great nation.
Powerfully true what South Africa under Mandela did w the Apartheid commissions . I visited SA recently and spent 5 hours at the Apartheid museum in Johannesburg. Felt immense respect for the govt to insist that such self / national reflection and reconciliation take shape. Then I came home to America and visited the Civil Rights museums in Selma, Birmingham, , Memphis, Montgomery, Atlanta. Our country NEEDS to do the same w exposing the truth and find our humanity to move together to a more perfect Union. ( I’m a 70 yr old white lady , and retired teacher)
Everyone should read “October 1964” by David Halberstam. The book details how Curt Flood was treated in the Southern league. Halberstam has written 5 sports books. He is most known for “ The best and the brightest”. The Cardinals were the first team to have all the players stay at one facility in spring training. Stan Musial made August Busch by a motel so everyone could stay together. Stan Musial and Ken Griffey jrj’s grandfather and Stan played on the same high school team. 5:23
You going to hurt white ears they are so tender
That conversation was so surreal.
Awesome segment Rich 👏Education has to be paramount to this society, ignorance should never be celebrated ✌️
you got byron donalds saying black people did better during jim crow by the way
Would love for byron to explain himself face to face with Reggie so he can get his arse schooled
Yeah he said that they were more married, in which some can imply that it was a better time and situation. It was a bit*ch move for him to do that snake ish.
You people are such hypocrites
@@The_king567 you people want the confederate statues back up. the confederate statues that were built AFTER the war
According to the statistics yes because our people were definitely more united and worked together more than they do now. Doesn't necessarily mean life was better for them but at least we were on the path to progress despite those injustices they had to face. Now we have more single moms raising kids, less homeowners and just less unity altogether. Its to the point now where colorism is a thing...I can't tell you how many times I've heard I'm not black just because I'm light skinned. We made huge strides over the past century but now it seems as though we're hitting a decline.
Thank you, Rich, for speaking on this
Great show. Reggie is one of the greats. Thank you Reggie. Talk about it and don t forget it. Let s make it a better place for everyone
I cried it moved me that much
You could hear the pain in his voice. Thank you for commenting on this by sharing this vid. THAT is respect to listen, learn and discuss.
It was a great broadcast and great interviews leading up to the game. Enjoyed your show.
I watched the Event, festivities....way back as a young Black Kid 8yrs old when Reggie Jackson played with the A's, He was one of my Sports heroes. The way he Played, his Look in your eyes Tenacity.
I was in tears hearing Him share his experiences. It was not all that much shocking, My Father grew up on the Jim Crow South, just hearing Him, Reggie Jackson saying how He would not do it again...Just Hurt.
RIP WIllie Mays...my Fathers Favorite Player.
Rich Eisen is the top echelon of sports talk. The very best. Nobody else comes close. Love you Rich.
I remember Bill Russell the Boston Celtics recalling such events during his time in Boston in the 50s and the 60s
Yes, it was the 1950s and 60s. This isn't breaking news. You people just now hearing about this need to fucking chill out.
Vote blue for gods sake. Enough of this division and hate.
Sorry but it doesn't matter if you vote red or blue, both sides cause division and use race to push their agenda. They don't care
YOU HAVE got to be kidding me! I am gonna assume this is a MASSIVE troll. No one can be dumb enough to vote for the side who pushes division every secon dof the day.
The Democratic Party loves division among the races.
The opposite is true. You are literally voting for the party that did this stuff and oversee the worst cities in the country.
Way to say it Rich Eisen, CRT is important and needs to be taught, you probably just lost viewers saying it, but good for you for saying it
Yeah, but only the racist viewers who needs them...
MAGA History Lesson... God Bless Reggie Jackson, All-American. He Played His College Ball at Arizona State University.
🤡🤡 Never a good time to admit you voted for Biden. You house an illegal yet? You love the record inflation? Take a seat.
Let’s gooooo Rich I just subscribed to your channel 👊🏾👊🏾👊🏾
It's real it's our lives. I know these stories well
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, so Very Much for speaking on the Importance of Mr. Reggie Jackson's retelling the pain of racism he faced!!
Make America Great Again is a not so subtle threat to return to the days Reggie just spoke about.
Wow! Quite a blessing to hear such a heartfelt testimony from a blessed player himself whose sole purpose yesterday was to reveal the significant impact that Racism had engulfed Mr. Jackson and it was too much to hold inside folks and so God always makes a way for "Truth " to prevail. Thank you Lord for Mr. October gracing us with his presence this summer!!!!❤❤❤
Very satisfying segment, gentlemen. Thank you.
My grandad was a US Marine in WW2 and he told me his biggest regret was coming home alive. Because he doomed a generation to hell.
My sperm donor was a Vietnam veteran. The last thing he told me was never join the military they do not love you. They never will.
I went in the Army. Deployed to Afghanistan and came home. Bruh. I wish I never did. The name calling the racism the only difference in my experience was they couldn’t just walk up do something and get off Scott free
So I pushed on. Because my Grandad had to take it. Otherwise “a jury of his peers” would’ve saw otherwise. My sperm donor had to allow it. Because if he didn’t the law wasn’t built to protect him at the time.
I CHOSE to accept it because those who are racist are BENEATH ME and hold no power over me.
I learned this from black men and women who endured the worst from America and preserved
You are lying, why do you wanna act like a victim so bad?
@@fredleinweber2819you have a lot of nerve. Because the statement disturbs you itust be a lie. Sick!
I was born in the south in 1945 and grew up seeing all the "White Only" signs at water fountains and lunch counters, the "Colored" restrooms at gas stations (if there even was one), restaurants, cafés, soda fountains that were specifically, intentionally, white only. There were plenty of businesses that simply would not tolerate black customers, period. The KKK was notably active.
Many of the elite Negro League players elected to also play in the Winter League in Cuba & P.R. with no racism.
My Father told me stories of the great Josh Gibson.
Unfortunately for the normal life of Cubans it was just as much racism
I forgot that Cuba was a safehaven and so awesome. Wasn't the history I grew up learning. Must've been taught racist stuff.
Thanks for talking about this, Rich & Co.
“ I texted him” that should tell you who Rich Eisen is and how his friendship with Reggie moved him to make this heartfelt statement on never forgetting how bad it was back in the day when even superstars of the sport weren’t allowed to eat at certain restaurants or relieve themselves in public bathrooms. Well done Rich