Editing Reggie Jackson (section)

===Minor leagues===
In the [[1966 Major League Baseball draft]] on June 7, Jackson was selected by the [[1966 Kansas City Athletics season|Kansas City Athletics]].<ref name=ydrtlyt>{{cite news |url= https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=YOxRAAAAIBAJ&pg=5906%2C4360272 |newspaper=St. Petersburg Times |location=(Florida) |title= Yankees draft Lyttle |date=June 8, 1966 |page=1C }}</ref> He was the second overall pick, behind 17-year-old [[catcher]] [[Steve Chilcott]], who was taken by the [[1966 New York Mets season|New York Mets]].<ref name= pcmch>{{cite news |url= https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=YzlWAAAAIBAJ&pg=7067%2C2510524 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |location=Spokane, Washington |agency= Associated Press |title=Prep catcher Mets' choice |date=June 8, 1966 |page=13}}</ref><ref name="draft">{{cite web| url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/?year_ID=1966&round=1&draft_type=junreg | title=Baseball Draft: 1st Round of the 1966 June Draft | access-date=June 3, 2008}}</ref> According to Jackson, Winkles told him that the Mets did not select him because he had a white girlfriend.<ref name="Perry 23">{{Harvnb|Perry|2010|pp=23}}</ref> Winkles later denied the story, stating that he did not know the reason why Jackson was not drafted by the Mets.<ref name="Perry 24">{{Harvnb|Perry|2010|pp=24}}</ref> It was later confirmed by [[Joe McDonald (baseball executive)|Joe McDonald]] that the Mets drafted [[Steve Chilcott]] because of need, the person running the Mets at the time was [[George Weiss (baseball)|George Weiss]], so the true motive may never be known.<ref name="Perry 24"/>

Jackson, age 20, signed with the A's for $95,000 on June 13 and reported for his first training camp with the [[Lewiston Broncs|Lewis-Clark Broncs]] of the [[short season]] Single-A [[Northwest League]] in [[Lewiston, Idaho]],<ref name=rjwpflcb>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NJ9fAAAAIBAJ&pg=5468%2C2446281 |newspaper=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location= Idaho |title=Reggie Jackson will play for Lewis-Clark Broncs |agency= Associated Press |date=June 14, 1966 |page=8}}</ref><!--(source: "40 Years Ago Today" in the ''Lewiston Morning Tribune'' June 15, 2006,<ref>[http://www.lmtribune.com/archived-story/Northwest/339964/] {{dead link|date=May 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>)--> managed by [[Grady Wilson (baseball)|Grady Wilson]].<ref name= gwtgfl>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NZ9fAAAAIBAJ&pg=5190%2C2592012 |newspaper=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location= Idaho |title=Grady Wilson to get first look at Lewis-Clark Broncs |date=June 15, 1966 |page=12}}</ref> He made his professional debut as a center fielder in the season opener on June 24 at Bethel Park in [[Eugene, Oregon]], but was hitless in five at-bats.<ref name= eemob>{{cite news|url= https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=P59fAAAAIBAJ&pg=3888%2C4322682 |newspaper=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location= Idaho |title=Eugene Emeralds outlast Broncs 8-7 in 10 innings |date= June 25, 1966 |page=8 }}</ref><ref name= ecbjitm>{{cite news |url= https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nKxVAAAAIBAJ&pg=6606%2C5531135 |newspaper=Eugene Register-Guard |location= Oregon |last=Harvey |first=Paul III |title=Emeralds corral Broncs just in time |date=June 25, 1966 |page= 1B }}</ref> In the next game, Jackson singled in the first inning and homered in the ninth.<ref name=ldemsab7h>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QJ9fAAAAIBAJ&pg=5461%2C4468646 |newspaper=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location= Idaho |title= Lewiston defeats Emeralds behind Abbot's 7-hitter |date=June 26, 1966 |page=12}}</ref><ref name=ehflss>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=naxVAAAAIBAJ&pg=3640%2C5663429 |newspaper=Eugene Register-Guard |location=Oregon |last=Harvey |first=Paul III |title=Emeralds handed first loss |date=June 26, 1966 |page=1B }}</ref> In the home opener at [[Bengal Field]] in Lewiston on June 30, he hit a [[Double (baseball)|double]] and a [[Triple (baseball)|triple]].<ref name= tcscintwn>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=irxeAAAAIBAJ&pg=5748%2C90075 |newspaper=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location= Idaho |title=Tri-City scores in ninth to win |date=July 1, 1966 |page=12 }}</ref> In his final game as a Bronc on July 6, Jackson was hit in the head by a pitch in the first inning, but stayed in the game and drove in runs with two sacrifice flies. Complaining of a headache, he left the game in the ninth inning, was admitted to St. Joseph's Hospital in Lewiston, and remained overnight for observation.<ref name= yun20ht>{{cite news |url= https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kLxeAAAAIBAJ&pg=5606%2C859628 |newspaper=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=Idaho |title=Yakima unleashes 20-hit attack against Broncs |date= July 7, 1966 |page=14 }}</ref><ref name= fjgtmd>{{cite news |url= https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kbxeAAAAIBAJ&pg=5333%2C1057700|newspaper=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location= Idaho |title=Reggie Jackson going to Modesto |date= July 8, 1966 |page= 10}}</ref>

Jackson played for two Class A teams in 1966, with the Broncs for just 12 games,<ref name= fjgtmd/><ref name=bto4gm>{{cite news |url= https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=krxeAAAAIBAJ&pg=6380%2C1336632 |newspaper=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location= Idaho |title=Broncs to open 4-game city at Tri-City |date=July 9, 1966 |page=10}}</ref> and then 56 games with [[Modesto Nuts|Modesto]] in the [[California League]], where he hit 21 homers. He began 1967 with the [[Birmingham A's]] in the [[Double-A (baseball)|Double-A]] [[Southern League (1964–2020)|Southern League]] in [[Birmingham, Alabama]], being one of only a few black players on the team.<ref name= "Video">{{cite news| url= http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1065955/3/index.htm | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110604051247/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1065955/3/index.htm | url-status= dead | archive-date= June 4, 2011 | work=CNN.com | title=Video | date=May 11, 1987 | access-date=May 22, 2010}}</ref> He credits the team's manager at the time, [[John McNamara (baseball)|John McNamara]],<!-- who had previously been the Broncs' catcher-manager (1959-62, prior to Jackson's short time in Lewiston (June 1966)--> for helping him through that difficult season.