{"id":8030,"date":"2020-06-15T02:35:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-14T23:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/jackie-robinson-pee-wee-reese-are-lasting-combo-of-greatness-equality\/"},"modified":"2020-06-15T02:35:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-14T23:35:00","slug":"jackie-robinson-pee-wee-reese-are-lasting-combo-of-greatness-equality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/jackie-robinson-pee-wee-reese-are-lasting-combo-of-greatness-equality\/","title":{"rendered":"#Jackie Robinson-Pee Wee Reese are lasting combo of greatness, equality"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Jackie Robinson-Pee Wee Reese are lasting combo of greatness, equality<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

\n This week The Post takes a fresh look at the \u201cbest of\u201d New York sports history \u2014 areas that are just as worthy of debate, but that haven\u2019t been argued incessantly. Today\u2019s edition: the best double-play combo.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

There is greatness, and then there is impact.<\/p>\n

To contribute one assures you of a place in history. To attain both? Well, that\u2019s one heck of a double play.<\/p>\n

Of course, Pee Wee Reese and Jackie Robinson get the nod for the best second base-shortstop pair in New York baseball history. Both men earned plaques at the Hall of Fame. While the pinstrip<\/a>ed duos of Bucky Dent\/Willie Randolph and Tony Kubek\/Bobby Richardson and the Mets\u2019 Edgardo Alfonzo\/Rey Ordonez deserve honorable mention for their superiority and team success, none of the six has joined the Brooklyn Dodgers\u2019 twin-killing duo in Cooperstown, although Kubek did receive the Hall\u2019s Ford C. Frick Award for his broadcasting prowess.<\/p>\n

Yet the fact that the two men hold a special place in the hearts and minds of those who never even saw them play, that their bond holds as much resonance as ever, speaks volumes to their impact.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s all about equality,\u201d Sharon Robinson, Jackie\u2019s daughter, said in a telephone interview. \u201cA white man and a black man playing important infield positions, and with equal power and strength, they do this amazing play.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Brooklyn Dodgers\u2019 John Jorgensen (l. to r.), Pee Wee Reese, Ed Stanky and Jackie Robinson<\/span>AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Jackie Robinson of course broke Major League Baseball\u2019s color barrier, becoming the first post-1900 African-American player when he joined the Dodgers in 1947; he actually played first base exclusively that season before shifting to the keystone in 1948. He worked as Reese\u2019s primary middle-infield partner through 1952, and the two men combined for 67.1 wins above replacement, as per Baseball-Reference, as the Dodgers won two National League pennants, finished second twice and third once.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey were the centerpiece of our defense,\u201d said Carl Erskine, who pitched for the Dodgers from 1948 through 1959. \u201cThey were smart, consistent and outstanding.\u201d<\/p>\n

Erskine, 93, continued, \u201cThe unique thing about Jackie playing second base, he was so quick. I never saw him backhand a ball. He always got in front of it. \u2026 Jackie was not an acrobat. He wasn\u2019t like a ballet dancer. He was a strong, well-built individual. He was like a steelworker. He would stomp on the bag and make a throw two feet off the ground.\u201d<\/p>\n

The right-hander praised Reese for his mastery at putting himself in the right place and pulling off the tricky pickoff play at second base.<\/p>\n

Robinson moved to left field in 1953 and then third base in 1955; he totaled 36 game<\/a>s at second from \u201953 through \u201956, at which point he retired. While he played alongside other future Hall of Famers like Roy Campanella, Sandy Koufax and Duke Snider, his relationship with Reese stands out to the extent that the Brooklyn Cyclones, the Mets\u2019 Class-A affiliate, honored the pair in 2005 with a statue at MCU Park.<\/p>\n

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The statue of Brooklyn Dodgers legends Pee Wee Reese and Jackie Robinson outside Keyspan Park.<\/span>Kevin P. Coughlin<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

That statue, featuring Reese with his arm around Robinson, has sparked some discussion of its own. Its genesis, a supposed incident early in Robinson\u2019s career in which Reese stuck it to hostile, racist fans at a road game by publicly backing his teammate on the field, might not have ever happ<\/a>ened. The Robinson family lobbied to have the statue depict the two men in action, turning two, and didn\u2019t prevail.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, the family embraces the statue and its meaning: Not so much notions like acceptance or tolerance as the word Sharon Robinson chose, \u201cequality.\u201d That term \u201cequalizes the power,\u201d she pointed out.<\/p>\n

We find ourselves intensely discussing racial relations once more in the wake of George Floyd\u2019s alleged murder at the hands of Minneapolis police officers. Asked how she thinks her father, who died in 1972, would feel about the current state of affairs, Sharon Robinson said, \u201cI think he would be, as we were, just devastated. Yet we very much believe in protests, and protest marches, and having a voice. He would be very proud of the young people who have mobilized and are out there.\u201d<\/p>\n

That we wonder what Jackie would\u2019ve thought, that we view him and Pee Wee as role models for diversity and equality as well as excellence, speaks to the two men\u2019s greatness and impact. More than half a century after they last worked together, they remain the gold standard for their field in every way.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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