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Article: Phils hurled insults at the 'noble experiment'.(commemoration of Jackie Robinson's debut as the first African American to play Major League Baseball)
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- The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA)
- Article date:
- April 9, 2007
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Byline: Frank Fitzpatrick
Apr. 9--Second of eight parts It took only 18 days in the spring of 1947 for the Phillies to create a notorious reputation that even now, with African American stars such as Ryan Howard and Jimmy Rollins, they are still struggling to shed. Some of the ugly details about what transpired 60 years ago, when the Phils first encountered Jackie Robinson, have been forgotten or clouded by time. But there's no obscuring the story's unsavory substance: In two early-season series at Ebbets Field and Shibe Park, the Phillies, goaded by racist manager Ben Chapman, cursed, taunted and threatened the Brooklyn rookie who so recently had ...