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Jackie Robinson Signed Letters (2)
Jackie obviously took great comfort in the support of fans who took time to write him, though if you read between the lines of these two very revealing letters to a Brooklyn fan in 1951 it seems apparent he had to endure many a nasty letter before coming upon a constructive one. Both missives were in response to a fan having taken sides with Jackie in a tiff he had with his former manager Leo Durocher, who had jumped to the rival Giants that historic season of the Dodgers' collapse and Bobby Thomson's homer. With tensions and bitterness between the two clubs mounting down the stretch, Jackie and Leo had it out. Durocher's wife, actress Laraine Day, had some negative things to say about Jackie publicly because of the dispute. This provoked the fan to write a letter to "Miss Day" chiding her for her statements against Jackie. Then the fan wrote Jackie directly making it clear that he sided with Jackie and not Durocher and his wife. The fan then received a neatly-typed letter, dated September 20, in which Jackie expresses his gratitude "to know there are people who think and feel as you do. You also have my deep appreciation for your kind thoughts." Three months later, Jackie followed up with a longer, handwritten letter reiterating that "I only wish I had fans such as you that when you felt they were wrong would write letters just as the one you wrote." He goes on, pointedly, "We in public life need reminders such as yours." Letters are on Robinson's personal stationery and include the envelopes with his name printed on the back flap. Signatures are in blue ink and NRMT as are the letters even after all these years. Great example of how desperately Jackie wanted and needed to be appreciated by the fans.
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