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The talent the market refused to see

In 1945, Branch Rickey of the Brooklyn Dodgers set out to break baseball’s colour line by signing Jackie Robinson. Research and a bestselling book show how prejudice and habit can blind a market, and why the advantage fades. This is history and research, not career advice.

Major #30: Sport ManagementThe story: Branch Rickey and Jackie Robinson (1940s). The book: Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game by Michael Lewis.

About 8 minutes

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In this lesson

  • A colour line and a cover story
  • From Montreal to Ebbets Field
  • What the research says
  • The book: Moneyball
  • What the evidence says about the book
  • Where this comes from
  • Try it today
  • 4 questions to check yourself

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