Word: bramham
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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When Rickey startled the sports world in 1945 by announcing that Robinson would join the Dodgers farm team in Montreal, Minor League Commissioner W.G. Bramham called Rickey a "carpetbagger" and scoffed: "Father Divine will have to look to his laurels, for we can expect Rickey Temple to be in the course of construction in Harlem soon." From retirement, Slugger Rogers Hornsby warned, "Ballplayers on the road live close together. It won't work." Bob Feller, the fireballing Cleveland Indians pitcher, thought he had a more reasonable reservation: "I can't foresee any future for Robinson in big league...