Comments on: Greetings from Vero Beach http://mets.lohudblogs.com/2008/03/02/greetings-from-vero-beach/ All about the Mets Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:08:38 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: dave http://mets.lohudblogs.com/2008/03/02/greetings-from-vero-beach/comment-page-1/#comment-34868 dave Mon, 03 Mar 2008 09:43:00 +0000 http://mets.lohudblogs.com/2008/03/02/greetings-from-vero-beach/#comment-34868 I saw a program recently where they recounted how Dodger town was the first to be unsegregated. They talked about how the black ballplayers could not eat/sleep in the same spots their teammates could. O'Mally went to the city council and demanded they integrate Dodgertown. At one point he stamped money with Dodgers on it and sent the players into town to make a point. Later one of the players complained that their own stadium was segregated and the next day all the bathrooms and fountains were whitewashed erasing the segregation. I saw a program recently where they recounted how Dodger town was the first to be unsegregated. They talked about how the black ballplayers could not eat/sleep in the same spots their teammates could. O’Mally went to the city council and demanded they integrate Dodgertown. At one point he stamped money with Dodgers on it and sent the players into town to make a point.

Later one of the players complained that their own stadium was segregated and the next day all the bathrooms and fountains were whitewashed erasing the segregation.

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