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Robinson broke baseball’s color barrier on April 15, 1947. He stepped into the batter’s box at Ebbets Field in the Flatbush ...
Ebbets Field Flannels is paying tribute to the life and legacy of Jackie Robinson and the many untold stories of the Negro ...
Robinson broke baseball’s color barrier on April 15, 1947. He stepped into the batter’s box at Ebbets Field in the Flatbush community. He started at first base after spending time in the ...
In response to a presidential administration lambasting baseball's greatest hero as a DEI story, MLB and the Dodgers have ...
1952 — Hoyt Wilhelm of the Giants hit a home run at the Polo Grounds in his first major league at-bat. He was the winner, too, and pitched 1,070 games in the majors — but never hit another homer.
1945 — Albert B. “Happy” Chandler, junior Senator from Kentucky, is elected baseball commissioner by a unanimous vote of the major league club owners. Chandler is elected to a seven-year term and ...
NYC Parks presented the fourth annual Jackie Robinson Day Festival at the Jackie Robinson Recreation Center in Harlem on Saturday, April 12.
Kansas City Royals infielder Tyler Tolbert sat at his locker wearing a “Breaking Barriers” T-shirt in honor of MLB legend ...
New York Giants first baseman Bill Terry ties a National League record with 21 putouts as the Giants beat the Boston Braves, ...
The Tampa Bay Rays recognize the 78th anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking baseball’s color barrier. The Rays hosted a public baseball clinic on Sunday, April 13 and contributed an annual ...
Here's what it said in 2024 (and 2023), with added emphasis: "Robinson played his first Major League game at Ebbets Field on April 15, 1947 as a first baseman for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Major ...