1 Chapter 0 Who Was Jackie Robinson

Who Was Jackie Robinson?

杰基·罗宾逊是谁?

Who Was Jackie Robinson? JULY 23, 1962: NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM, COOPERSTOWN, NEW YORK Jackie Robinson stepped up to a mic, not home plate. He wore a suit and tie, not a baseball uniform. At forty-three years old, Jackie had been retired from the Brooklyn Dodgers for five years. Yet the crowd cheered as loudly as if he'd just hit a World Series home run.

杰基·罗宾逊是谁?1962年7月23日:国家棒球名人堂和博物馆，纽约库珀斯敦，杰基罗宾逊走上麦克风，而不是本垒板。 他穿西装打领带，没有穿棒球服。 43岁时，杰基已经从布鲁克林道奇队退役五年了。 然而，人群的欢呼声就像他刚刚打出了世界职业棒球大赛的本垒打一样响亮。

Jackie faced the smiling crowd. About two thousand people had gathered on Main Street in Cooperstown, New York. They were sitting and standing on the lawn in front of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Jackie's

杰基面对着微笑的人群。 大约两千人聚集在纽约库珀斯敦的大街上。 他们在国家棒球名人堂和博物馆前的草坪上或坐或站。 成龙的

mother, wife, and children were there. So was Branch Rickey. He had hired Jackie. Many people who didn't know Jackie had also traveled long distances to see him enter the Baseball Hall of Fame. Jackie felt proud and grateful. Growing up, he never thought something like this could happen to him. He thanked everyone: "all of the people," he said, "throughout this country who were just so wonderful."

母亲、妻子和孩子都在那里。 布兰奇·里奇也是。他雇佣了杰基。 许多不认识成龙的人也从很远的地方来看他进入棒球名人堂。 杰基感到骄傲和感激。 在成长过程中，他从未想过这样的事情会发生在他身上。 他感谢了每一个人:“所有的人，”他说，“在这个国家，他们是如此的了不起。”

Baseball is a game of highs and lows, streaks and slumps. It's a tough sport, and it was tougher for Jackie than for any other ballplayer of his time. Why? Jackie Robinson was black. In 1947, when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers, he was the first and only African American on the team. No other major league team had black players. It was an allwhite sport. And it had been that way for more than fifty years. When Jackie was growing up, blacks and whites did not have the same chances in life. And in baseball? No blacks played on National or American League teams. Many people thought black athletes didn't have the talent, drive, or smarts. Jackie proved these people wrong and made history. Now, in Cooperstown, Jackie was making history again. He was the first black baseball player to enter the Hall of Fame. The plaque for Jackie listed all of his amazing stats. However, there was nothing about being the first black player. Jackie hadn't wanted any mention of that.

棒球是一项有高潮和低谷，有连胜和低谷的运动。 这是一项艰苦的运动，对杰基来说，这比他那个时代的任何其他棒球运动员都要艰难。 为什么?杰基·罗宾逊是黑人。 1947年，当他加入布鲁克林道奇队时，他是球队中第一位也是唯一一位非洲裔美国人。 没有其他大联盟球队有黑人球员。 这是一项全白人的运动。这种情况已经持续了50多年。 在杰基的成长过程中，黑人和白人在生活中没有同样的机会。 棒球方面呢?没有黑人在国家或美国联盟球队打球。 许多人认为黑人运动员没有天赋、动力和智慧。 成龙证明了这些人是错误的，并创造了历史。 现在，在库珀镇，杰基又一次创造了历史。 他是第一位进入名人堂的黑人棒球运动员。 杰基的牌匾上列出了他所有的惊人数据。 然而，作为第一个黑人球员并没有什么。 杰基不想让别人提起这件事。

He wanted the plaque to honor his ability, the same way it did for every other Hall of Famer. But there was no denying it—Jackie Robinson changed sports history. He was not only a baseball hero. He was a civil rights hero, too. JIM CROW LAWS

他希望这个牌匾能表彰他的能力，就像其他名人堂成员一样。 但不可否认的是，杰基·罗宾逊改变了体育史。 他不仅是棒球英雄。 他也是民权运动的英雄。 吉姆·克劳法