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This statue honors Jackie Robinson's first Minor League game
A version of this story originally appeared on MiLB.com in 2009. We present it here as Major League Baseball commemorates the ...
Honoring Jackie Robinson’s Enduring Legacy: A Conversation With Ebbets' Sunny Chang
Ebbets Field Flannels is paying tribute to the life and legacy of Jackie Robinson and the many untold stories of the Negro ...
This Date in Baseball - Jackie Robinson plays his first major league game for the Brooklyn Dodgers
1947 — Jackie Robinson played his first major league game for the Dodgers. He went 0-for-3, but scored the deciding run in a ...
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Jackie Robinson: Before the Dodgers, a 4-sport star at UCLA
Before he broke barriers and records with the Brooklyn Dodgers, Jackie Robinson was a four-sport phenom at UCLA, starring in ...
Texas baseball: Oliver Service takes pride in wearing Jackie Robinson's No. 42 jersey
As a Black baseball player, both Jackie Robinson and his old jersey number have a lot of meaning for Texas catcher Oliver ...
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What is Jackie Robinson Day around Major League Baseball and why is it always on April 15?
LOS ANGELES — Jackie Robinson’s legacy is ... over-year improvement since 2018, according to MLB.com. Jack Roosevelt Robinson broke baseball's color line when he started at first base for ...
Beyond Jackie Robinson: Why MLB needs to recognize Larry Doby’s groundbreaking legacy
Honoring Cleveland's barrier-breaking legend would enhance, not diminish, baseball's celebration of integration pioneers.
On Jackie Robinson Day in L.A., Kareem Abdul-Jabbar calls Trump anti-DEI policies ‘a ruse to discriminate’
The 78th anniversary of Jackie Robinson’s breaking of Major League Baseball’s color barrier centered on the Los Angeles ...