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A version of this story originally appeared on MiLB.com in 2009. We present it here as Major League Baseball commemorates the ...
LOS ANGELES — The 78th anniversary of Jackie Robinson’s breaking of Major League Baseball’s color barrier centered on the Los Angeles Dodgers, as it always does. But on Tuesday, the league ...
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 ...
LOS ANGELES — Jackie Robinson was the first to break baseball’s color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers 78 years ago Tuesday. His legacy continues to inspire people inside the major leagues ...
On Jackie Robinson Day, New York Yankees captain Aaron Judge expressed his gratitude for Robinson's groundbreaking legacy. Judge, along with all MLB players, wore the number 42 jersey, a tribute ...
April 15th was Tax Day, but it was also Jackie Robinson Day. In 1947, Brooklyn Dodgers General Manager and President Branch Rickey hired Robinson to be the first black major league player ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jackie Robinson’s legacy is being celebrated around the major leagues on Tuesday, with the day named for the first Black baseball player of the modern era and marking the ...
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 ...