Friday marks MLB's eighth annual Jackie Robinson Day.[...]
MLB Honors Jackie Robinson: No. 42 Still Has Impact Throughout Baseball
Friday is the 64th anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking baseball's color barrier when he played for the Brooklyn Dodgers. For the past four years, major league players have worn Robinson's No. 42 in tribute. On April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson became the first black player to play in the major leagues when he started for the Brooklyn Dodgers at first base against the Boston Braves . Friday is.[...]
Jackie Robinson Day A Great Day Of Remembrance
All uniformed personnel throughout baseball today will wear number 42. Today is a great day for baseball. It's a great day for the Dodgers. They get to honor one of the greatest players in MLB history, a man who once said, "A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives." Nobody has had a greater impact on the game of baseball than that man, Jackie Robinson. On 64 years ago.[...]
Dodgers to honor scholars, Tuskegee Airman on Jackie Robinson Night
LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Dodgers will join all of Major League Baseball in commemorating Jackie Robinson Night tonight, marking the 64th anniversary of his breaking baseball's color line.[...]
Dodgers to honor Tuskegee airman on Jackie Robinson Night
The Los Angeles Dodgers will join all of Major League Baseball in commemorating Jackie Robinson Night tonight, marking the 64th anniversary of his breaking baseball's color line.[...]
Jackie Robinson Day 2011: Baseball Legend Remembered Across MLB
The anniversary simultaneously commemorates the breaking of the color barrier in baseball, as Jackie Robinson was the first black player to play in the MLB . Almost 14,000 of the 26,623 in attendance at Robinson 's first game, which took place at Ebbets Field, were black patrons.[...]
Jackie Robinson Day: Where Robinson And St. Louis Meet
Jackie Robinson's number is retired in St. Louis, as it is everywhere else. Here are some exceedingly tenuous connections to make in addition to the obvious one. Jackie Robinson's number is retired at Busch Stadium, among other places. This confused me when I was a kid just going to the ballpark, and it only got more confusing when I realized the St. Louis Stars jersey that was retired was just.[...]
Jackie Robinson Day: Why Wear 42?
SB Nation Houston covers Jackie Robinson Day by asking why entire teams are wearing No. 42. Jackie Robinson Day is one of the most important days on the Major League Baseball calendar. It's not too often that a person exudes a message that everyone and anyone should get behind, particularly when it causes that person to become the object of much adversity and scorn. In honor of Robinson's.[...]
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