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The first black Major League Baseball player found a friend.
Jackie Robinson broke from third base and stole home plate for the first time in his Major League career. The exhilarating play additionally was the first stolen base of Robinson’s 10-year career with ...
The Alabama city that produced five Hall of Famers celebrates its baseball heritage with new statues. The moment was made ...
Tuesday, April 15, was Jackie Robinson Day. Just like it is every year in Major League Baseball. As every active player in the league donned the No. 42, you couldn’t help but feel like something ...
Darryl Strawberry has some words for the people trying to erase Jackie Robinson‘s legacy. To put it simply, they should be ashamed. “Shame on them,” the former Mets outfielder said Thursday ...
The Los Angeles Dodgers and Major League Baseball held their annual celebration of Jackie Robinson on April 15, the anniversary of Robinson’s MLB debut when he became the first Black player in ...
Former Lakers and UCLA great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar sits in a wheelchair and poses for pictures after speaking to the Dodgers and Colorado Rockies during an event to commemorate Jackie Robinson Day ...
On Jackie Robinson Day, every player and on-field personnel dons the number Robinson wore, 42, which was retired by the league in 1997. Regardless of team color, the 42 will be Dodger blue.
In the wake of efforts to diminish parts of Jackie Robinson’s legacy, Sonny Sachdeva speaks with Bob Kendrick about why we must appreciate every chapter of Robinson's story, and why No. 42’s ...