Then in 1945, while men of all sorts of ethnic backgrounds were dying beside each other in WWII, Happy Chandler, the new baseball commissioner, supported the signing of Jackie Robinson to the Brooklyn Dodgers. Robinson was called up to play in 1947, the same year Larry Doby, another black American and hall of famer, played for the Cleveland Indians.
后来到了1945年,无论什么血统的男人们都肩并肩地倒在了二战的战场上。那时,新的棒球委员会成员Happy Chandler支持Jackie Robinson与布鲁克林道奇队签约。Robinson于是在1947年的比赛中上场了。同年,另一位黑人,同时也是名人堂成员之一的Larry Doby,为克里夫兰印第安人队效力。
Myth 11: The British Are Coming
谣言11:英国人要来了
Sarah Palins recent flub brought attention to this inexhaustible myth. While her retelling of history was creative, the truth of the matter is that the wealthy silversmith and organizer of the alarm system set to warn of British invasion, Revere, was tipped off by Joseph Warren that British troops were heading after Samuel Adams and John Hancock.
莎拉佩林最近的口误让这个传言又红火起来,尽管她重述的历史是瞎编的。事情的真相是:富有的银匠、警报系统(用于发布英国人入侵的警报)的组织者Revere,收到了Joseph Warren的密报,说英国军队正在搜捕Samuel Adams和John Hancock。
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