But then again, there haven't been many people like Jackie Robinson. "A life is not important," he ... His father, Jerry, was a ladies man who deserted the family six months after his birth.

Jack Roosevelt Robinson rose from humble origins to break the color barrier in baseball, becoming one of the most beloved men in America. Born to tenant farmers in rural Georgia and raised in ...

Sometimes, life ... family went to a ballgame. "My brother and I were the only kids around there," said Bates. "They needed someone to be bat boy that day." The now 90-year-old remembers being ...

But then again, there haven't been many people like Jackie Robinson. "A life is not important," he ... His father, Jerry, was a ladies man who deserted the family six months after his birth.