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for those interested ... garagiola was one of the biggest racists in the game of baseball. most of you know about the hard time jackie robinson had integrating baseball? well one of the biggest reasons was a catcher named joe garagiola! it's not hard to verify this. one quote:
""" .... virtually the entire ball club (the st loius cardsinals), with its preponderance of southern ballplayers playing in the south (stl was considered a southern city at that time), was hostile to (jackie) robinson in his rookie year. the most notable exception, among a few others, was the team's star, stan musial. much has been written about enos slaughter's viciousness, a sadism he paid for by his long wait for admission to the hall of fame. there was a second nemesis. played down in recent years because of his current fame as a television notable is the equally sadistic role played by joe garagiola in 1947. he and slaughter were the racist leaders of the cardinals; both were guilty of deliberately spiking robinson as he played first base. slaughter's actions are well known; garagiola deserves a piece of the fame. """
https://books.google.com/books?id=ef-VO2v_VS4C&pg=PA10...
the man was a vile human being and it's a shame it's been mostly hidden from the general public.
""" .... virtually the entire ball club (the st loius cardsinals), with its preponderance of southern ballplayers playing in the south (stl was considered a southern city at that time), was hostile to (jackie) robinson in his rookie year. the most notable exception, among a few others, was the team's star, stan musial. much has been written about enos slaughter's viciousness, a sadism he paid for by his long wait for admission to the hall of fame. there was a second nemesis. played down in recent years because of his current fame as a television notable is the equally sadistic role played by joe garagiola in 1947. he and slaughter were the racist leaders of the cardinals; both were guilty of deliberately spiking robinson as he played first base. slaughter's actions are well known; garagiola deserves a piece of the fame. """
https://books.google.com/books?id=ef-VO2v_VS4C&pg=PA10...
the man was a vile human being and it's a shame it's been mostly hidden from the general public.
