In three years in the big leagues, Jackie Robinson had become a superstar, despite racial equality developing slowly across ...
Tommy Brown, a Brooklyn native who starred for the ... and right field in his prewar tenure. When he did not win the job in ...
Get to the Bag spotlights the remarkable career of Jackie Robinson beyond baseball. The film blends the lyrical narrative of ...
But then again, there haven't been many people like Jackie Robinson ... 40 bases and led them to the Little World Series championship. April 15, 1947, Robinson's first major-league game ...
Billy Martin's Series-saving catch of Jackie Robinson's wind-blown ... facing elimination and going on to win. Any true Yankees fan can point to one World Series play that has sparked this modern ...
In 1949, Robinson led the Dodgers to the World Series for the second time in three seasons and won the Most Valuable Player award. He also began to speak out, arguing calls with umpires and ...
Tommy Brown, the youngest player to hit a home run in a major league game and the last living member of the landmark 1947 Brooklyn Dodgers team that included rookie Jackie Robinson, has died.