Thank You, Jackie Robinson --------------------------- Tony Gwynn: "For letting me be the player I always wanted to be." Matt Williams: "For letting me compete against the very best." Ken Griffey, Sr.: "For letting fathers and sons realize their dreams." Kenny Lofton: "For Reggie Jackson's three home runs." Harry Caray: "For Ernie Banks, playing two." Alex Rodriguez: "For Roberto Clemente, throwing to third." Vin Scully: "For Hank Aaron's seven hundred and fifteen." Willie Stargell: "For my twenty-one years in the majors." Reggie Jackson: "For the chance to play in October." Rod Carew: "For the joys of stealing home." Buck O'Neil: "For all of us that never got to play." Ozzie Smith: "For enduring every taunt..." Hank Aaron: "...And not lashing out in hate." Barry Larkin: "For standing up with dignity." Ernie Banks: "For standing up." (Unidentified): "For opening our eyes." Frank Robinson: "For empowing an entire race." Willie Stargell: "Thanks, Jackie." Ernie Banks: "Thanks, Jackie." Reggie Jackson: "Thank you." Hank Aaron: "Thank you." Ken Griffey, Jr.: "Thank you, Jackie Robinson." Buck O'Neil: "Thank you." ------------------------------ -- Ad for Nike, April 1997