The Good: Dick Hill. That, in and of itself, is enough. If there is a narrator in Heaven, it'll be Dick Hill. If there is someone who will narrate my life story, I want it to be Dick Hill. Okay. I'm off of my soap box.
But, I can't say it enough. Like... I am the anti-sports narrative, "sports as life"-type of guy, and, just because Dick Hill read this story, I was enthralled.
Also, the only thing that I knew about Branch Rickey was that he was the general manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers when they decided to bring the first negro player into the big leagues. Au contraire...
The story of Branch Rickey is too big for me to summarize here. I suggest that you let Dick Hill tell you the story.
The Bad: If something about this story was bad, and I'm sure that it was, I couldn't tell because Dick Hill covered it up.
The Ugly: Being from the South. Knowing the stories of my forefathers. The atrocious nature of human indignity that Jackie Robinson must've suffered, and the courage it took, is grossly understated. I would think.
Overall rating: 4.0 out of 5.
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