When his mother Mallie was told by her half-brother, "If you want to get closer to heaven, visit California," she took her five children West in 1920. Jackie Robinson was the first to letter in ...
ME AND MY BROTHER WERE THE ONLY KIDS AROUND THERE, AND THEY NEEDED SOMEONE TO BE BAT BOY THAT DAY. THE NOW 90 YEAR OLD REMEMBERS BEING JACKIE ROBINSON’S FIRST BAT BOY, A PRO BASEBALL PLAYER WHO ...
But then again, there haven't been many people like Jackie Robinson. "A life is not important ... visit California," she took her five children West in 1920. They moved into a working-class ...