By Ralph Wiley
Page 2 columnist

Tuesday, March 4, 2003

Whenever a choice of actions, reactions, or just a fork in the road confront today's black athletes, they should all pause, then ask themselves one question: "What would Jackie Robinson do?" If he could come back from being dead and gone for 31 years, the first thing he'd do is shake somebody's hand in baseball until it made a splintering sound and the guy drew back a nub. Bud Selig would be as good a place as any to start, but I get the feeling Jackie would be passing out handshakes all around ...

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