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The article edit is inaccurate to say that Leo Durocher's suspension was "never" because of his romantic relationship with actress Laraine Day. Three of multiple sources:
"Chandler, who came to be regarded as a joke as commissioner, never did. In truth, he had been under pressure to prove himself as commissioner, and in all likelihood was emboldened to act by the Catholic Youth Organization's decision (motivated by the headlines implicating Durocher in Day's divorce case) to end its affiliation with the Dodgers' youth group, the Knothole Club." - from the LA Times, at http://articles.latimes.com/1989-08-06/sports/sp-154_1_leo-durocher
"Back in Brooklyn, disturbed over Durocher's role in Laraine Day's divorce action, and upset over Leo's earlier associations off the field, the Catholic Youth Organization withdrew from the Dodger Knothole Club, claiming that Durocher was "undermining the moral training of Brooklyn's Roman Catholic youth.""- from Sports Illustrated, at http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1129732/2/index.htm
"The sorting out was a feast for headline writers, as Day sought a Mexican divorce and was speedily married to Durocher, only to see that marriage invalidated by a California judge. The baseball commissioner, Happy Chandler, suspended Durocher for the 1947 season as Brooklyn Catholics threatened to boycott the Dodgers. By 1948, the dust had cleared — Day was properly divorced, and she and Durocher remarried, and he was reinstated." - from the New York Sun, at http://www.nysun.com/obituaries/laraine-day-87-film-actress-and-first-lady/66358/
98.242.190.11 ( talk) 12:53, 22 April 2013 (UTC)
In fact, the citation being offered ("and got himself suspended for the 1947 season by Commissioner A. B. (Happy) Chandler, "as a result of the accumulation of unpleasant incidents detrimental to baseball."") doesn't even say what's being stated in the article edit. It does NOT say Durocher's suspension never had anything to do with Laraine Day.
98.242.190.11 ( talk) 12:57, 22 April 2013 (UTC)
The NYT says Sam Lacy was the first African-American writer in the BBWAA. Cooperstown and Wikipedia say it was Wendell Smith, though the Wikipedia entry is not sourced. Given the opposite opinions of Cooperstown and the Times, how is it we're picking a winner? JMOprof ( talk) 17:29, 3 May 2013 (UTC)
Jackie Robinson was born in 1919, according to every entry I can find in other sources. This would make him 28 in 1947, not 38 as the "historical inaccuracies" section previously claimed. This is either an unfortunate typo or a major mathematical error and I have corrected it and included a citation. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.53.188.244 ( talk) 21:08, 15 May 2013 (UTC)
"The Brooklyn Dodgers held their 1947 Spring Training in Havana, Cuba, not Panama City, Panama, as depicted in the movie." false. The Dodgers went in Cuba and Panama. 85.69.175.172 ( talk) 00:15, 3 March 2014 (UTC)
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The article edit is inaccurate to say that Leo Durocher's suspension was "never" because of his romantic relationship with actress Laraine Day. Three of multiple sources:
"Chandler, who came to be regarded as a joke as commissioner, never did. In truth, he had been under pressure to prove himself as commissioner, and in all likelihood was emboldened to act by the Catholic Youth Organization's decision (motivated by the headlines implicating Durocher in Day's divorce case) to end its affiliation with the Dodgers' youth group, the Knothole Club." - from the LA Times, at http://articles.latimes.com/1989-08-06/sports/sp-154_1_leo-durocher
"Back in Brooklyn, disturbed over Durocher's role in Laraine Day's divorce action, and upset over Leo's earlier associations off the field, the Catholic Youth Organization withdrew from the Dodger Knothole Club, claiming that Durocher was "undermining the moral training of Brooklyn's Roman Catholic youth.""- from Sports Illustrated, at http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1129732/2/index.htm
"The sorting out was a feast for headline writers, as Day sought a Mexican divorce and was speedily married to Durocher, only to see that marriage invalidated by a California judge. The baseball commissioner, Happy Chandler, suspended Durocher for the 1947 season as Brooklyn Catholics threatened to boycott the Dodgers. By 1948, the dust had cleared — Day was properly divorced, and she and Durocher remarried, and he was reinstated." - from the New York Sun, at http://www.nysun.com/obituaries/laraine-day-87-film-actress-and-first-lady/66358/
98.242.190.11 ( talk) 12:53, 22 April 2013 (UTC)
In fact, the citation being offered ("and got himself suspended for the 1947 season by Commissioner A. B. (Happy) Chandler, "as a result of the accumulation of unpleasant incidents detrimental to baseball."") doesn't even say what's being stated in the article edit. It does NOT say Durocher's suspension never had anything to do with Laraine Day.
98.242.190.11 ( talk) 12:57, 22 April 2013 (UTC)
The NYT says Sam Lacy was the first African-American writer in the BBWAA. Cooperstown and Wikipedia say it was Wendell Smith, though the Wikipedia entry is not sourced. Given the opposite opinions of Cooperstown and the Times, how is it we're picking a winner? JMOprof ( talk) 17:29, 3 May 2013 (UTC)
Jackie Robinson was born in 1919, according to every entry I can find in other sources. This would make him 28 in 1947, not 38 as the "historical inaccuracies" section previously claimed. This is either an unfortunate typo or a major mathematical error and I have corrected it and included a citation. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.53.188.244 ( talk) 21:08, 15 May 2013 (UTC)
"The Brooklyn Dodgers held their 1947 Spring Training in Havana, Cuba, not Panama City, Panama, as depicted in the movie." false. The Dodgers went in Cuba and Panama. 85.69.175.172 ( talk) 00:15, 3 March 2014 (UTC)