Line #6 Awesome/FortyTwo


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2	* A whole movie-length one: Never, ''not once'', does Jackie ever retaliate. He wants to, he ''desperately'' wants to, but he ignores the bulk of it; when it does get under his skin, he manages to control himself. There are ''saints'' with less patience.
3	--> '''Jackie:''' You want a player who doesn't have the guts to fight back?
4	--> '''Rickey:''' No. I want a player who's [[BadassPacifist got the guts]] ''[[BadassPacifist not]]'' [[BadassPacifist to fight back]].
5	* "Jackie rounds the bases...and heads for home, sweet home."
6	* ''"The Dodgers are going to the World Series!"''
7	* Pee Wee Reese, putting his arm around Robinson, and thanking him (Robinson) for giving Reese a chance to show his family who he is, as a man. What makes this awesome is this is done in front of Reese's "hometown crowd" in Cincinnati, Ohio. TruthInTelevision, as the photo of Reese's arm around Jackie is one of baseball's most iconic images.
8	** A milder one occurs prior to that: Reese goes to Rickey and asks to sit out of the Cincinnati game because he received a threatening letter for associating with Robinson. In return, Rickey wordlessly turns around, then pulls out ''three file folders'' full of venomous death threats sent to Robinson.
9	* Stansky doing what Jackie can't and marching up to Ben Chapman to shout at him for his racist taunts.
10	* The trailer and TV spots, set to Music/JayZ's "Brooklyn Go Hard".
11	-->''I father, I Brooklyn Dodger them''/
12	-->''I jack, I rob, I sin''/
13	-->''Aww man, I'm Jackie Robinson''/
14	-->'''Cept when I run base, I dodge the pen''
15	* Jackie's EstablishingCharacterMoment, refusing to take gas for the team bus from a station that won't let them use the bathroom.
16	* Rickey was, in real life, famously [[RealMenLoveJesus known for his Biblical references]] and appeals to divinity. Even in his day, some of his friends found his rants annoying. However, Rickey's response to the owner of the Philadelphia Phillies' refusal to let his team play because Jackie's black leads to an ''awesome'' response.
17	-->'''Herb:''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jtJ1yo8uQ4&t=42s You know what, Branch? You've had a hell of a hair across your ass over this for a long time, and I'd like to know what it is you think you're trying to prove.]]
18	-->'''Rickey:''' Do you think God likes baseball, Herb?
19	-->'''Herb:''' What? What the hell is that supposed to mean?
20	-->'''Rickey:''' It means someday you're going to meet God, and when He inquires as to why you didn't take the field against Robinson in Philadelphia, and you answer that it's because he was a negro, ''it may not be a sufficient reply!''
21	* Leo Durocher's famous speech to his team when several Dodger players refuse to play alongside Robinson.
22	--> Now, I don't care if he is yellow, or black, or has stripes like a [[PrecisionFStrike fucking zebra.]] If Robinson can help us win, and everything I have seen says he can, then he is gonna play on this ballclub! Like it, lump it, make your minds up to it, because he's coming!

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