My daddy left us. I was only six months older than you are now. I don't remember him. You will remember me." ~Jackie Robinson
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Differences between 42 and the True Story
-In the movie Robinson threw a ball to a young Ed Charles, future Major League Baseball player, however, that didn't happen in real life. Instead Charles and his friends watched Jackie play from the segregated seats and followed him to the train station, after Robinson departed, Charles and his friends listened to the vibrations of the train through its tracks. Charles states, "We wanted to be part of him as long as we could."
-In the film, Robinson is hit by a pitch from Pirates pitcher, Fritz Ostermueller, in the head. In the real game he was hit in the elbow because he shielded his face.
-The scene in which Robinson smashes his bat and Rickey consoles him during a game never happened. However, Boseman has spoken that he believes at one point Robinson had to have broken down and Rachel Robinson didn't tell the producers to take the scene out.
http://www.historyvshollywood.com/reelfaces/42-movie-jackie-robinson.php
-In the movie Robinson threw a ball to a young Ed Charles, future Major League Baseball player, however, that didn't happen in real life. Instead Charles and his friends watched Jackie play from the segregated seats and followed him to the train station, after Robinson departed, Charles and his friends listened to the vibrations of the train through its tracks. Charles states, "We wanted to be part of him as long as we could."
-In the film, Robinson is hit by a pitch from Pirates pitcher, Fritz Ostermueller, in the head. In the real game he was hit in the elbow because he shielded his face.
-The scene in which Robinson smashes his bat and Rickey consoles him during a game never happened. However, Boseman has spoken that he believes at one point Robinson had to have broken down and Rachel Robinson didn't tell the producers to take the scene out.
http://www.historyvshollywood.com/reelfaces/42-movie-jackie-robinson.php