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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Who was Branch Rickey? A) an African American athlete and baseball team owner B) an African American who organized baseball’s first professional league C) a baseball team’s manager who opposed segregation in the sport D) a white baseball player who defended segregation in the sport

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@paki i thik its D

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@coolman500

OpenStudy (darrenmadx):

you mean Branch Rickey

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yea

OpenStudy (darrenmadx):

he was an innovative Major League Baseball (MLB) executive elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1967. He was perhaps best known for breaking Major League Baseball's color barrier by signing African American player Jackie Robinson, for signing the first Afro-Hispanic superstar, Roberto Clemente, for creating the framework for the modern minor league farm system, for encouraging the Major Leagues to add new teams through his involvement in the proposed Continental League, and for introducing the batting helmet.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

C?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yea its C

OpenStudy (darrenmadx):

yep. sorry about that. but your right

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