Jackie Robinson- Driven to Break Barriers/ Many people agree that Robinson was not the best player in the Negro League in the mid-1940s. If so, why did Rickey choose him?

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Question 1.  Many people agree that Robinson was not the best player in the Negro League in the mid-1940s.  If so, why did Rickey choose him?