Originally Posted by MRM (Post 11601711)

I don't know if the AFB story is apocryphal or if the technique was just borrowed and reused because it worked, but the story has been told before. Jan Levy wrote in her biography of Sandy Koufax that the then-Brooklyn Dodgers did the same thing during spring training when the locals were giving them grief about having Black ballplayers on the roster.

The Dodgers' owner (Walter O'Malley, who was a complete cheapskate in all other respects) had someone go to the local racetrack and buy as many $2 bills as he could. He had his office staff stamp each one with the Dodger's old fashioned ink authenticating stamp we all used before modern things like word processors and copy machines were invented. He gave the team the day off and gave some bills to each of the ballplayers and their families and told them to treat themselves to a holiday. A few days later there were no further complaints about integration in Vero Beach Florida.

It's entirely possible the trick was used multiple times, to the same effect.