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Dylan Hernandez

Dylan Hernandez: Dodgers no longer have the backbone to be social trailblazers

LOS ANGELES — Imagine if Stan Kasten was the president of the Dodgers when Jackie Robinson was about to break baseball's color barrier.

Kasten might have sent Robinson back to the minor leagues, citing the "strong feelings of the people who have been offended" by Robinson's inclusion on the roster.

Being on the right side of history requires a backbone, and this version of the Dodgers doesn't have one.

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