Phils hurled insults at the ‘noble experiment’ [Inquirer]

“I have to admit that this day,” Robinson wrote in 1972 of his first encounter with the [Philadelphia Phillies] - April 22, 1947 - “of all the unpleasant days of my life brought me nearer to cracking up than I have ever been. For one wild and rage-crazed minute I thought ‘To hell with Mr. Rickey’s noble experiment.’ “