Civil Rights Game special to Randolph
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PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. - Most of his players and has now dressed, New York City, the first black Major League Manager was alone in his office, in the tradition of Field, weakening of the hour another afternoon. Beside him, charts, broke his current list of Mets. There were decisions are made on the fact that the list and preparations for the coming season. But now so many pressing issues plagued him. “Think about it,” said Willie Randolph, in a tone more surprised than confused. “I am the first African-American in New York Manager. They do not really believe that. People are talking about the fact that we are indeed arrived. This only shows that we still have a long way to go.” The issue is deeply personal Randolph, whose livelihood is dependent on a man he had never been filled, and a struggle, it is seldom had to fight. Over time, Randolph was old enough to fully understand the scope of the civil rights movement, the greatest injustices have already been repaired. Randolph never to drink from a separate well or sleep in a hotel. But the fight is not yet completed, and so Randolph still burns. He wishes, it is often something that would have been to grow, as at that time, as the only skin are also many aspects of his life. It ramp in the mind. That’s why for Randolph, this Saturday of the Civil Rights Thursday was also a sense of purpose. This, in Memphis, along with Martin Luther King Jr. “Death, Randolph is forced to take a break and the past he has never had to endure. “There will be a training for all of us,” said Randolph. “It’s something that would be very interesting to go there and a little knowledge about really, as he was, and to feel and see. This is true for all players - African-Americans, Latin American players, what we have here. It should be something we look forward to. ” Randolph’s only vis-à-vis the King exposure came from the dusty pages of textbooks and the image grainy documentaries. It was not much. But the more he began to discover what this world was all about, in addition, he noted that many say that a man who, like many others, that man is his own life affected. Born in a different time, in another culture, Randolph may never saw his big dream league is for you. Permanent here, in Florida, in its bright blue jacket Mets, Randolph can see that everyone, but he can not help but anyway feel separated. Here, it can open your eyes and you will see an empty office, a few chairs in the corner, the names of his players on the wall. Here, it may be the past, but a snap in the present, when it sees fit. Not in Memphis this weekend, while another kind of reality is devouring. “It is an emotional nature for me to be there and, in my opinion, reflect on what it is to have been like at that time,” said Randolph. “I am standing in my opinion, and I think that if I, I hol a better idea.” |