while the grave marker project depends mostly on small contributions, the group has also received sizeable donations from people like chicago white sox owner jerry reinsdorf, former player and manager don zimmer, and former 8th commissioner of baseball fay vincent. in fact, vincent noted he had met jimmie crutchfield and liked him. vincent has gone on to say the baseball color line which led to good black athletes being excluded from major league baseball was ..."one of the great insults to a community."