Toledo News-Bee, April 29, 1913:

Coach Branch Rickey is trying to give the [University of] Michigan ball team some inside stuff. “With one out and a man on third, if you get a base on balls run down to first, turn the bag, and start for second. Draw the throw. If you’re out, you’ll score the man. These college catchers won’t get the man at the plate,” he tells them.

The more I read about Rickey, the more I like him. Maybe some of his ideas were unsuccessful, but you can’t say he was unwilling to ...

There is already talk of a sequel - “43: This Time Its Personal”

Despite the film’s sleek feel, the basic life story with its tribulations and triumphs remain intact. It’s inspiring, especially as depicted by Boseman who has the swagger of a young Denzel Washington. Serious, stoic, pent up. If anything he suppresses his anger better than Washington, letting it ride under the surface, so when it erupts, it’s dramatic, forceful. The physicality of his performance—mimicking Robinson’s ...

Pittsburgh Press, April 8, 1913:

Handcuff baseball is the latest wrinkle that Coach Rickey has introduced into the training camp of the [University of] Michigan ball players.
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The game is played in the ordinary way, except the man at bat is handcuffed by tying two ropes to his wrists and attaching them to his belt. Then the coach tells him to bunt the ball and woe betide him if the heave is high and he attempts to put the bat up into it. The ball simply whizzes by and the batter has his ...