I saw ANATOMY OF A FALL last night, and I'm right on the cusp of "never needing to hear that song again" and "needing to inflict it on everyone I can".
"He claimed to have briefly joined the Communist Party in the late 1940s, but that he broke with them because they wanted him to root for the Brooklyn Dodgers after the signing of Jackie Robinson, and he wished to retain his Yankees fandom. "
It's a funny line, but it's more than a funny line. If it's true, it means that from 1947 through 1954 he was rooting for a team that was choosing to remain all-white.
Now, I'm certainly not going to judge a man for sticking with his childhood team. Not when 99% of us have done exactly that. Not when most of us have found ourselves on the side of a team that was in some way morally compromised. Not when teams often find a way to circle back to the path of righteousness, often because good people have stuck with them and continued to nudge them.
Jerry Cohen sounds like a very good man, and it's always good to hear of the good things that good people have done. RIP.
I saw ANATOMY OF A FALL last night, and I'm right on the cusp of "never needing to hear that song again" and "needing to inflict it on everyone I can".
"He claimed to have briefly joined the Communist Party in the late 1940s, but that he broke with them because they wanted him to root for the Brooklyn Dodgers after the signing of Jackie Robinson, and he wished to retain his Yankees fandom. "
It's a funny line, but it's more than a funny line. If it's true, it means that from 1947 through 1954 he was rooting for a team that was choosing to remain all-white.
Now, I'm certainly not going to judge a man for sticking with his childhood team. Not when 99% of us have done exactly that. Not when most of us have found ourselves on the side of a team that was in some way morally compromised. Not when teams often find a way to circle back to the path of righteousness, often because good people have stuck with them and continued to nudge them.
Jerry Cohen sounds like a very good man, and it's always good to hear of the good things that good people have done. RIP.