Branch Rickey

branchrickey500 media: Acrylic paint on wood
size: 5″ x 7″

The Mahatma! Catcher, manager, excutive. Broke baseball’s color barrier by signing Jackie Robsinson. He later drafted Roberto Clemente, baseball’s first hispanic super star. He Also created the groundwork for the modern minor league system. He won four World Series as Cardinals managers and famously said that “luck is the residue of opportunity and design.”

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